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This article is a list of notable unsolved problems in computer science. A problem in computer science is considered unsolved when no solution is known or when experts in the field disagree about proposed solutions.
BASIC (Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) [1] is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages designed for ease of use. The original version was created by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz at Dartmouth College in 1963. They wanted to enable students in non-scientific fields to use computers.
Lurkers view all of the questions in the survey, but do not answer any of the questions. Lurking drop-outs represent a combination of 3 and 4. Such a participant views some of the questions without answering, but also quits the survey prior to reaching the end. Item non-responders view the entire questionnaire, but only answer some of the ...
Along with its sibling academic unit, the School of Interactive Computing, the School of Computer Science represents the first time a college-level computing program has delineated the field into separate but related bodies of study. [1] In July 2012, Lance Fortnow, formerly at Northwestern University, replaced Zegura as school chair. [4]
The Kenbak-1 is considered by the Computer History Museum, [2] the Computer Museum of America [3] and the American Computer Museum [4] to be the world's first "personal computer", [5] invented by John Blankenbaker (born 1929) of Kenbak Corporation in 1970 and first sold in early 1971. [6]
A vacuum-tube computer, now termed a first-generation computer, is a computer that uses vacuum tubes for logic circuitry. While the history of mechanical aids to computation goes back centuries , if not millennia , the history of vacuum tube computers is confined to the middle of the 20th century.
A transistor computer, now often called a second-generation computer, [1] is a computer which uses discrete transistors instead of vacuum tubes. The first generation of electronic computers used vacuum tubes, which generated large amounts of heat, were bulky and unreliable.
The Parametron Computer 1 (PC-1) was a binary, single-address computer developed at Professor Hidetosi Takahasi's Laboratory at the Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, [1] and was one of the first general purpose computers that used parametron components and dual frequency magnetic-core memory. Construction started in September 1957 and ...