Computer: A computer is a machine for manipulating data according to a list of instructions. Computers take numerous physical forms. Early electronic computers were the size of a large room, consuming as much power as several hundred modern personal computers. Today ... [100%] 2023-02-03
Computer (job description): The term "computer", in use from the early 17th century (the first known written reference dates from 1613), meant "one who computes": a person performing mathematical calculations, before electronic computers became commercially available. Alan Turing described the "human computer" as ... (Job description) [100%] 2023-11-02 [History of computing] [Classes of computers]...
Computer: A computer is a device capable of automating vast amounts of mathematical computation to solve all kinds of problems, both mathematical and non-mathematical. While early digital computers from the 1930s and 1940s generally were used for numerical computations such ... [100%] 2023-12-14 [Technology]
Computer: The electronic computer, dating from the middle of the twentieth century, vastly expanded human ability to store and share information. As such, the invention of the computer may be a milestone for humanity on a par with the advent of ... [100%] 2023-07-01
Computer (occupation): The term "computer", in use from the early 17th century (the first known written reference dates from 1613), meant "one who computes": a person performing mathematical calculations, before electronic computers became commercially available. Alan Turing described the "human computer" as ... (Occupation) [100%] 2023-11-02 [History of computing] [Classes of computers]...
Computer: A computer is a machine that is designed to perform a wide variety of information-processing tasks, depending on the program it has stored in its memory. It processes (computes) everything as mathematical problems, although many non-mathematical functions can ... [100%] 2023-02-24 [Computers] [British Inventions]...
Computer: A computer is a machine that can be programmed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (computation) automatically. Modern digital electronic computers can perform generic sets of operations known as programs. (Automatic general-purpose device for performing arithmetic or logical operations) [100%] 2024-01-20 [Computers] [Consumer electronics]...
Computer: For centuries, teams of people were frequently employed to undertake long and tedious calculations, often working in Parallel computing. From the early 17th century to the middle of the 20th century they were called computers. [100%] 2024-01-06 [Computers]
Computer: A computer is a machine that can be programmed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (computation) automatically. Modern digital electronic computers can perform generic sets of operations known as programs. (Automatic general-purpose device for performing arithmetic or logical operations) [100%] 2023-12-09 [Computers] [Consumer electronics]...
Computer: A computer is a machine that can be programmed to automatically carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (computation). Modern digital electronic computers can perform generic sets of operations known as programs. (Automatic general-purpose device for performing arithmetic or logical operations) [100%] 2024-06-25 [Computers] [Consumer electronics]...
Computer: Ein Computer (englisch; deutsche Aussprache [kɔmˈpjuːtɐ]) oder Rechner ist ein Gerät, das mittels programmierbarer Rechenvorschriften Daten verarbeitet. Dementsprechend werden vereinzelt auch die abstrahierenden beziehungsweise veralteten, synonym gebrauchten Begriffe Rechenanlage, Datenverarbeitungsanlage oder elektronische Datenverarbeitungsanlage. [100%] 2024-08-20
Computer: A computer is a digital electrical device that may be programmed to automatically perform sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (computation). Programs are the general sets of operations that modern computers can do. [100%] 2024-08-20 [Computers] [Consumer electronics]...
Computer-Based Math: Computer-Based Math is an educational project started by Conrad Wolfram in 2010 to promote the idea that routine mathematical calculations should be done with a computer. Conrad Wolfram believes that mathematics education should make the greatest possible use of ... [93%] 2023-11-02 [Mathematics education] [Wolfram Research]...
Computer-based manipulative: A computer-based manipulative is a kind of pedagogical microworld that includes modeling and simulation. The term was probably invented by Paul Horwitz (or some other person) working on the same projects. [93%] 2024-01-09 [microworlds] [Simulation environments]...
Computer-based learning: The 1980's and 1990's produced a variety of schools that can be put under the umbrella of the label "Computer Based Learning" (CBL). Frequently based on constructivist and cognitivist learning theories, these environments focussed on teaching both abstract ... [93%] 2023-11-14 [Edutech families]
Computer-based training: Frequently, CBT or CAI refers to a wider range of Pedagogic strategy, e.g. Often, CBT is put in contrast to computer-based learning (CBL) - also technology-based learning (TBL), computer-based education (CBE) - and we'd rather put more ... [93%] 2024-01-13 [Instructional theories] [Edutech families]...
Computer-Based Math: Computer-Based Math is an educational project started by Conrad Wolfram in 2010 to promote the idea that routine mathematical calculations should be done with a computer. Conrad Wolfram believes that mathematics education should make the greatest possible use of ... [93%] 2023-11-02 [Mathematics education] [Mathematics education reform]...
Computer-based training: Frequently, CBT or CAI refers to a wider range of Pedagogic strategy, e.g. Often, CBT is put in contrast to computer-based learning (CBL) - also technology-based learning (TBL), computer-based education (CBE) - and we'd rather put more ... [93%] 2024-03-05 [Instructional theories] [Edutech families]...