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COIT 20246 ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSIONDue date:Thursday Week 11 (2PM AEST)Part:Written AssessmentWeighting:30% of total assessment. Submission:Electronic (see course website for details)InstructionsIt will be necessary to use literature/online resources to complete this assignment,please ensure you cite and reference any such materials using the Harvard format. DO NOT copy content directly from either the text or Internet resources: thisassignment is to be in your own words. You will lose marks if you do not use yourown words!Please complete your assignment using this submission template file, inserting yourresponses where indicated.DO NOT delete the marking criteria page – changes are permitted to the formattingof other pages including the headers and footers.Please fill in the following details:Student NameStudent NumberTasks
There are ten (10) tasks, one for each week: the tasks are detailed below. There is atable to complete for each task. Please fill in the information required. Note: Each resource summary should be around 200-300 words.Week 1The text discusses the elements of modern computing architecture however is largelysilent on the individuals who played a role in its development. Find and summarise aresource that describes ONE such individual. The individual should have had asignificant influence on the development of computers and/or components of moderncomputing architecture.Haldas, M 2017, ‘Alan Turing: The Father of Modern Computer Science,2017, Viewed 28 Sep. 17 https://www.cctvcamerapros.com/Alan-Turing-Computer-Science-s/369.htmThis article describes Alan Turing who is significant to the development of themodern computer architecture. I chose this article for it examines the elements of thecomputing architecture and Alan’s contribution. He is well known of his inventions inthe field of computer science which are remarkable up to date. One of the maincontributions by Alan Turing is the Artificial Intelligence. The central question waswhether the computer could think. The machines here were able to imitate the humancharacter in decision-making, recognizing speeches, solving problems and even visualperception. Up to date, artificial intelligence is what enables the computers to performcomplex tasks. Turing during his inventions came up with the Universal Turing Machine which wasable to decode and perform instructions given to it. It also defined the early dayscomputing and the current day programming, the first invention of the artificialintelligence adding up to the modern development in the field of computers. Through
this, the electronic computer was invented to run any program, which is the generalpurpose computer.During the 2nd World War, he also came up with the system of encrypting anddecrypting any telephone conversations. During this time, he developed The Bombdevice. It was intended to replicate Enigma machines’ motions. This read severalmessages of German Navy that were encrypted and helped the British government tobe powerful in 2nd world war.Turing played a major role in the first digital computer called the AutomaticComputing Engine which the National Physical Laboratory approved in 1946. Thiscomputer was the first to store programs in its memory and the fastest by that time.Through the Automatic Computing Engine, computers like DEUCE, Bendix G15, andthe MOSAIC were derived from the design of Turing’s ACE.This article is essential because it focuses on all the inventions Alan Turing came upwith as well as explaining further how they contributed to the modern computersdevelopment. It also compares his inventions with those he competed with and hisexemplary efforts to come up with his research.Week 2The text discusses the components and activities of operating systems however islargely silent on the individuals who played a role in their development. Find andsummarise a resource that describes ONE such individual. The individual shouldhave had a significant influence on the writing or development of operating systems.Marsh, J 2017, ‘Linux History: Who is Linus Torvalds?’,September 2017, Viewed 28 Sep. 17.https://www.storagecraft.com/blog/linux-history-linus-torvalds/
This blog examines the OS system in its entirety from the perspectives of itscomponents and activities and the sole contributor; Linus Torvalds who was born inFinland and migrated later to The United States, hence the reason why I chose it. Heis well known for his development of the first open-source operating system kernelcalled the Linux. It started developing in 1991, and just as the name suggests, beingan open source operating system, has continued to grow up to date due to contributionfrom other programmers. Before coming up with this project, Linus was trying to fixthe MINIX operating system dislikes. He posted his work to be viewed by people toget feedback from them. That very year, he came up with the Linux .011.His idea of developing an open source operating system to allow other developers freeaccess made the Linux kernel advance more. They were able to make necessarymodifications to improve on the one available. As a result, it developed to be better tousers hence user-friendly, and this was a big blow to Windows operating systemwhich was so common in most personal computers, for it was is the most majorcompetitor. From the main Linux kernel, many other versions have been developedfrom it. Red Hat made it much easier for Linus to perform best the same inventionsand he thus gained more fame and promoting his operating system.Apart from the Linux Operating system, Linus came up with Gif software whichhelps developers to control and manage versions as well as stable and best versions tothe end users. It also helps developers to merge various versions of their software.This blog was of great use. Apart from explaining more on Linus’ development of theLinux Operating System, it also identified the other software called Gif which isessential in the field of computers more so to those developing programs.
Week 3The Internet didn’t just appear – it was an evolution from earlier networks. Find andsummarise a resource that describes ONE of the networks that led to the developmentof the modern Internet. Nix, E 2016, ‘The World’s First Web Site’ History, August 2016, Viewed 28 Sep. 17http://www.history.com/news/the-worlds-first-web-siteThis article examines the contribution of the invention of the first network in theworld to the modern internet. I preferred this article because it describes the inventionof a significant network that is attributed to almost everything that concerns thedevelopment of the modern internet. Also, it examines the man behind the invention;Tim Berners, a British Computer Scientist. The author first recognizes the mind behind the invention that has made the world aglobal village. In the 1980s while working at CERN, Berners noticed how difficult itwas to try to track all the employees’ projects and computer systems that were spreadworldwide. Also, he had to access specific information on specific computers. Nineyears later, Berners Lee proposed the management of CERN which was intended touse the hypertext to connect files in different computers to the internet. But theadministration discredited only to later accept the proposal in 1990.In the same year, Berners-Lee came up with significant technologies such as theHypertext Mark-up Language (HTML), Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), and theUniform Resource Locators (URLs) for creation of web pages, for guidelines on thedata transfer across the web and for locating a page on the web respectively. Theprime time came when Berners-Lee officially published the first ever website in 1991
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