BUSI 2400 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: User Interface Design, Electrical Network, Graphical User Interface
7 Feb 2018
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Computers are binary systems running off of 0"s and 1"s. Understand only black and white, up or down, in or out, off or on. That which only operates in two states. George boole: the mathematical analysis of logic. System based on binary, a yes-no, on-off approach that consisted of three basic operations (and, The system was not put into use until clause shannon noticed boolean algebra mimicked an electric circuit (thesis, 1937) Telegraph codes represent some basic english-language characters and control codes like ringing a bell. Ascii is a 7-bit encoding scheme that can encode 128 characters and codes. Allow characters to be represented in binary by computers. Binary is the only language computers understand. Serif: with little feet often used for decoration and titles. Sans serif: without little ffet often used for heavy reading. Cloud: another way to say remote, not on the machine on which you are working.
