[COMP 1001] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (60 pages long)

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Computer Science
• Course: COMP 1001
• Professor: Fraser Mac Quarrie

Document Summary

2016-09-17 9:24 pm: what is computer science, the scientific and practical approach to computation and its applications. What is the best way to set up a computer so it can do all this stuff efficiently: often, applications are simple but people want to use them to exchange information. Example: ibm"s watson: computer science complements psychology, watson beat 2 best jeopardy champions, watson=super computer. Example: bitcoin: computer science complements economics, first decentralized digital currency you can send through internet directly person to person, not through banks. Example: ibm"s smarter cities: computer science complements criminology, improved emergency response time by 30% in rio de janiero, it has maps, graphs and etc. to make cities more efficient and predict issues. The scientific and practical approach to computation and its applications. The systematic study of the feasibility, structure, expression and mechanization of the methodical procedures . It"s all about finding ways to solve problems on a computer.