Unit 1

Introduction to Computers

UNIT 1

c. Questions about the text:
Name five ways that computers are changing our lives?.
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- Computers can process more information per second than a person.
- The computers are useful because they can store a lot of information in a small space, and manipulate, or, process, the information quickly.
- They are creating new jobs and making old jobs unnecessary.
- The Doctors and scientists use computers to discover more about our bodies and the world around us.
- Computers make it easier to transfer information.
How do the armed forces of the US use computers?
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The armed forces of the US use the computers as control for the radar systems, missile and intelligence surveillance.
When were the first modern computers made?
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The first electronic computer was built in the year 1943 for IBM computer systems.
What important discovery was made in the 1960’s?
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the important discovery was the invention of transistors, the transistor used the semi-conductor properties of silicon to provide electric amplification.
How are today’s computers different from the first ones?
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The main difference between the first computers and computers today´s is the power of process information, the reduce size and the cost. What does a computer do?
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Computers do many things between them help the human to process information and creating new jobs and making jobs with more velocity. Can computers think?
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Computers cannot think, for the moment, but scientists and informatics are developing ways to one day think. What is A.I?
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The A.I or artificial intelligence, is the science that study the thought and development of the algorisms that can think. Name three areas where computers are working intelligently.
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- The AI is used in the Neural communications networks, an advance on the internet. - The AI is used in the robotic for principal piece of control.