COS 106H Exam
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 2 most influential inventions in western culture | printing press and internet |
| why is internet different than previous technology | changed the world in a short period of time, 20 years |
| #1 bad tech assumption | just a tool |
| #2 bad tech assumption | neutral |
| 1st mechanical device built | 1848 |
| 1st difference engine | Charles Babbage |
| 1st difference engine actually built | 2002 |
| 1st programmer | Countess Etta Lovelace |
| programmed 1st machine | Admiral Grace Hopper |
| invented GUI | Xerox |
| invented ethernet | Xerox |
| invented laser printer | Xerox |
| invented web browser | Cern |
| internet | 1991 |
| 1st web browser | Excite |
| 1st web browser to search entire web | alta vista |
| 1st commercially successful program | lotus 1-2-3 |
| Gates | harvard |
| Jobs | reed |
| computer processors from old to new | micral, mitsaltair, apple, ibm pc |
| 3 steps of programming | sequence, selection, iteration |
| universalize | Kantianism 1 |
| treat people as ends | kantiansim 2 |
| right action is the one that best promotes total happiness | utilitarianism |
| action is good if it creates more happiness than unhappiness | act |
| moral laws should seek to create the most happiness | moral |
| don't cause needless pain | non-maleficence |
| promote others' welfare | beneficence |
| greater pleasure less pain | utility |
| similar cases have similar treatment | justice |
| justice | equality/need/contribution/effort |
| benefits and burdens are equally distributed | equality |
| benefits and burdens are distributed according to need | need |
| goods are distributed according to labor | contribution |
| goods are distributed according to effort | effort |
| people have a right to be self-determining | autonomy |
| reasons for restriction | harm, paternalism, welfare |
| good solution | storage and time |
| random | n |
| linear | 1 |
| logarithmic | 2 |
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