CS101 Midterm Exam questions and answers Graded A+
CS101 Midterm Exam questions and answers Graded A+ What is the Antikythera Mechanism? - - an ancient Greek analog computer - used to predict astronomical positions and eclipses - made out of copper with precision gears - the oldest known computer What is the history of human computers? - Halley's Comet's next arrival - 1757: organized calculation of - 1800s: rise inn collaborative, delegated, proofreading computation teams - 1880: "Harvard computers" - NASA used human computers up to the 1970s What is the Jacquard Machine? - 1803: device fitted to a loom that uses rotating punch cards to simplify weaving patterns. - the punched cards make the hooks either lift or
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