CMPT 120 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Switching Circuit Theory, Computer Science, Linked Data

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Computing Science
• Course: CMPT 120
• Professor: Steven Pearce

Document Summary

Computing science: the study of algorithms, including! Ieee (the institute of electrical and electronics engineers) computer society: this organization identi es 4 areas:! Moore"s law: gordon moore noted that the number of transistors on a chip doubled every 18 - 24 months, moore"s law: speed of microprocessors, at a constant cost, doubles every 18 - 24 months (exponential growth)! Computer revolution: computer power (processing speed has been rising exponentially), storage power (memory) has been rising exponentially , miniaturization (down to quantum level)! Computers used to be machine centred, now they are user-centred! Turning point of computer development is often regarded to be associated with the massif economic expansion of commercial computer market associated with windows (command -> wimp)! User interface:: gui - graphic user interface (now use)! Wimp (window, icons, menus, pointer), easy: cli - command line interface (before use)! Prompt - where you enter data through in command line program / window or shell!