… for Ray Kurzweil to issue his predictions later in the book. It includes many theorems of physics and mathematics, so if one is not relatively familiar with them, it is possible to miss these essential principles. Nevertheless, his choice of…

… is as great as any other moment. At MITS corporate locale in Albuquerque, Paul Allen loaded the team's code onto the Altair. On the second try, the system booted and worked as planned. Bill Gates and Paul Allen moved to Albuquerque to help MITS with…

… of wide-area networks (WANs). These are large computers linked together over a long distance via phone or wireless communication. These huge WANs link tens of thousands of smaller WANs and local-area networks (LANs, computers linked together in a central…

… a branch of computer science concerned with making computers think. It is the first project dedicated solely to artificial intelligence. It is also defined as the project of creating machines that can carry out tasks normally thought to require human…

… internet began as a computer network commissioned by the Advanced Research Projects Agency in 1969 as a network between four universities. Because of the volume of information available and the potential value of instant information transmission, the…

… designed with security features that control who can access the computer. These types of access controls use a process called identification and authentication. Identification verifies that the user is a valid user, and authentication verifies that…

… Almost everyone has at least one computer in their home or office. Some may not know the difference between Macintosh and PC compatible and some believe one is better than the other. Sometimes you can distinguish people by the type of computer they…

… in a company, it can do nothing. The hardware needs software to makes it work. It is the applications software, such as word processing or spreadsheet software. Because application software cannot communicate directly with the hardware, so the operating…

… such as the people of NASA owned a computer. It was said by the president of Digital Equipment Corporation in 1977 " There is no reason why anyone would want to have a computer in their home" Now everywhere you go computer are used in some way whether…

… in all sectors of organizations to help aid users with their work. This paper will be giving a brief introduction to expert systems and will be looking back at the history of expert systems. This paper will also look at the characteristics of expert…