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TESL 4340 – Computer Science History

TESL 4340 – Computer Science History. Dr. Sunny Jeong Email: spjeong @u ic.edu.hk Web: http ://u ic.edu.hk/~ spjeong. Introductory Stuff. Have Fun! Please turn off your phones! DO interact with me!. Outline. Interesting history about Computer How does computer machine work?

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TESL 4340 – Computer Science History

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  1. TESL 4340 – Computer Science History Dr. Sunny Jeong Email:spjeong@uic.edu.hk Web:http://uic.edu.hk/~spjeong

  2. Introductory Stuff • Have Fun! • Please turn off your phones! • DO interact with me!

  3. Outline • Interesting history about Computer • How does computer machine work? • Various Computer (Digital) Machines • Various Software for language learning

  4. Modern Computer • Z1 • Invented by Konrad Zuse in 1936. • A Mechanical computer that was electrically operated • The first computers to start using some componentry • Eniac • U.S. army needed a computer for calculating artillery-firing tables, the settings used for different weapons under varied conditions for target accuracy • John Mauchly and John Eckert developed(1946) using vacuum tubes to speed up calculations.

  5. Modern Computer history

  6. Source : inventors.about.com/library/blcoindex.htm

  7. Laptop Computer • Toshiba introduced T1000 in 1985. • It was first advertised as a ‘Laptop” and a commercial success portable computer.

  8. Workstations, Mainframes, Supercomputers Mainframe Workstation Supercomputer

  9. Notebook & Handheld Computers • Notebook • Handheld Computers • Fit in your hand • Also called pocket computers • Also called Ultra-Mobile PCs (UMPCs) Cf. Portable Digital Dictionaries

  10. Evolution of Computer • Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) • Web-enabled PDA • Smartphone • ApplePad

  11. How do the systems cooperate? • Cooperation with following 3 tiers App Application App App Operating System Hardware System

  12. Software • System Software : • Operating Systems • System Utilities • Application Software : • Office applications • Game software • Educational software

  13. Translation machine – Yahoo Babelfish • A Web based translation computer software • However, Accuracy is still NOT guaranteed.

  14. Electronic Dictionaries • Web-based Dictionaries

  15. Various electronic Dictionaries

  16. Summary • What is a computer? • A brief history of computers • Hardware and Software • The future of computer and language learning

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