Elements of Modern Computing Architecture Assignment
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Elements of Modern Computing Architecture Assignment
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Student NameStudent NumberTasksWeek 1The text discusses the elements of modern computing architecture however is largely silent on the individuals who played a role in its development. Find and summarise a resource that describes ONE such individual. The individual should have had a significant influence on the development of computers and/or components of modern computing architecture.Title: John McCarthy: Computer scientist and the father of AI Reference: Childs, M., 2017.‘John McCarthy: Computer scientist known as the father of AI’ [online] The Independent. Available at: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/john-mccarthy-computer-scientist-known-as-the-father-of-ai-6255307.html [Accessed 26 Sep. 2017].Summary:The chosen article discusses the contribution of an American computer scientist John McCarthy in developing computers and modern computer language architecture. He
is famous as father of AI or artificial intelligence as he was the one who coined the term artificial intelligence. I have chosen this article as it provides a short description of the life and achievements of this world famous scientist in the field of computing and development of computer architecture. McCarthy believed that it is possible for computers to have human like reasoning skills and common sense. He embarked on an extensive research in this field and developed the technology of artificial intelligence, which is termed as the backbone ofnew and modern computing. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this article is that, gives us an insight of McCarthy’s beliefs. McCarthy believed that every aspect of learning can be describedand stimulated by a machine. I found this chosen article useful as it gave a detailed description of development of LISP programming language by McCarthy, which is used even today. LISP is a standard programming language used in programming of AI, robotics and other scientific applications. Thus, his contribution in the field of modern computing is indeed phenomenal. Week 2The text discusses the components and activities of operating systems however is largely silent on the individuals who played a role in their development. Find and summarise a resource that describes ONEsuch individual. The individual should have had a significant influence on the writing or development of operating systems.Title: Development of LinuxReference: Operating-system.org.,2017.‘History of the Linux Kernel’. [online] Available at:http://www.operating-system.org/betriebssystem/_english/bs-linux.htm [Accessed 26 Sep. 2017].Summary:This chosen article discusses about one famous personality, Linus Torvalds, the developer of Linux operating system, Linus programmed his own driver for floppy controller. I have chose this article as it talks about the development and the history behind the development of one of the widely used operating systems Linux. In the year 1991, the Minix operating system is most widely used in the schools and University. The article says that Linus used the operating system Minix in his university life but did not considered the terminal emulator program in Misnix quite acceptable and therefore, e decided to code and develop a better terminal emulator forpersonal use. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this chosen article is that, Linus while developing a better terminal emulator for an existing operating system MINIX, developed a altogether new operating system Linux. This was a gradual process according to the article as Linus while coding for a terminal emulator got the idea of developing an altogether new and enhanced operating system. I found this chosen article useful as it discussed in detail the idea behind the development of Linux operating system. Another interesting concept about the development of Linux is that, although it has some features of Minix operating system, it is not an updated version of that operating but, but a completely new operating system with many enhanced features.
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