Sentences with phrase «for early computer»

Notables include algorithm whiz Ada Lovelace (1815 - 1852), daughter of Lord Byron and creator of code for an early computer, and inventor Margaret E. Knight (1838 - 1914), designer of — among other devices — a machine that mass - produced flat - bottomed paper sacks.

Many of those models and processes, originally invented for the 50 year old classroom, were used for early computer based training design and much of what we call elearning courses today.

He was recruited as a composer and sound designer at Nihon Falcom in 1986 and subsequently offered landmark melodic scores to Xanadu Scenario II, Romancia, Legacy of the Wizard, Ys I, Ys II, and Sorcerian for early computers.

«Seeing how extremely hard it is to come by software for these early computers, it's even more important that we preserve what is available.

Not exact matches

Movidius earlier this year inked a deal with Google (goog) to supply chips for the U.S. giant's mobile computer vision efforts.

Also in the early»90s, the local government offered a tax break for residents to buy their own personal computers.

Starting with a dream to have a «computer on every desk and in every home,» Gates transformed the complex technology of computers in the 1970s into something accessible for everyday consumers — a mission he was passionate about early on.

CrowdOptic, which uses Glass as portable computers for surgeons and other people out of offices, is currently in use at 19 U.S. hospitals and expects that to grow to 100 hospitals early next year, said Chief Executive Jon Fisher.

«One was entrepreneurship, and the second is we got access to computers really early because they got a computer for the business.»

This was mainly because it was easier for most journalists of the early 1990s to envision and get personally excited about the potential of educational software, or of managing their personal finances, or organizing their recipes in the «digital» kitchen, or imagining how amateur architects could design funky homes right on their home computers.

One of the company's early hires, he was responsible for selling the Macintosh computer as a software platform to developers, a task at which he succeeded largely through «fervour and zeal.»

In the course of the fascinating discussion, which ranges from Houston's early computer obsession to his ideas about building a successful startup culture, Houston boils down his advice for ambitious young people into an incredibly simple if slightly quirky three - part formula: a tennis ball, a circle, and the number 30,000.

Big Data While the definitive source of the term big data — which is used describe a collection of analytics that companies use to predict customer behavior — is a little fuzzy, according to some digging done by New York Times reporter Steve Lohr, the person responsible for its popularization is a man named John Mashey, a computer scientists who was VP and chief scientist at company called Silicon Graphics in the early 1990s and 2000s.

The state of virtual reality is akin to the rise of PCs in the early 1980's, when few people beyond technologists thought computers could be useful for multiple tasks like spreadsheets and other business applications, he said.

According to Apple lore, Jobs and company realized during the early days that the ideal arrangement was to break up areas based on consumer interactions: an area for checking out how a camera and printer worked with a computer, another space for multimedia - focused tasks and so on, with an emphasis on hands - on demos, so consumers could handle the goods themselves.

This was around the time when Tesla was building a completely new set of electronics for its early prototypes, switching from an analog computer that controlled the motor to a digital version.

Because beyond his typically bombastic proclamation that «it's already too late» for most women to become programmers is a much more important message: Computer science ought to be a basic part of school curriculum, giving both male and female students early exposure to an increasingly important skill set in today's economy.

Early in his return to Apple, he recognized that gorgeous design was a differentiator for Apple in a computer industry gripped by the successful blandness of Dell, Microsoft, and Intel.

It would «be impossible in practise [sic] for MS to revoke every bootmgr» — the code that guides the earliest stages of a computer's startup sequence — Slipstream wrote, «as they'd break install media, recovery partitions, backups, etc..»

Skillcrush is focused on creating affordable and realistic on - ramps into the technical fields for early to mid-career employee who have no prior work or educational experience in computer science.

• «I was an early personal computer hobbyist, and in 1981 entered Johns Hopkins University's first national search for applications to benefit the disabled.

A distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack paralyzed Rutgers University's computer network Monday for the morning and early afternoon.

Clay Teramo, founder of Computer Media Technology, a computer supplies distributor, described the way he used service — and the customer's perception of service — to make up for the fact that early on his competitors had far more reComputer Media Technology, a computer supplies distributor, described the way he used service — and the customer's perception of service — to make up for the fact that early on his competitors had far more recomputer supplies distributor, described the way he used service — and the customer's perception of service — to make up for the fact that early on his competitors had far more resources.

Dick was an early investor in Apple Computer for his own account in 1977, and he quickly continued to deliver those types of impressive returns for other investors after founding New Enterprise Associates (NEA) in 1978.

The younger Martin Shkreli's latest online activity came after he left a live - stream running on the computer in his empty Manhattan apartment for hours on Thursday while he was in Brooklyn federal court awaiting the verdict that had yet to arrive by early afternoon on Friday.

Back in the early days, a miner would be any geek with a computer, willing to trade electricity for Bitcoins.

Early - stage tech companies raise money through a stubbornly analog process — an irony for an industry based on the conviction that computers will upend every aspect of human existence.

«We're seeing tons of demand for digital asset issuance across the board,» said IBM's new head of blockchain development Jesse Lund, who was hired from Wells Fargo earlier this year to help develop the computer giant's cryptocurrency strategy.

We reported earlier this month that a Dutch bitcoin miner was arrested for allegedly stealing electricity in order to power 21 computers for the purpose of mining for bitcoins.

In partnership with Dalhousie University, this program pairs Masters in Applied Computer Science students interested in entrepreneurship with early - stage startup companies to become their CTO for at least 16 weeks.

Get More Sleep - Shut down the computer, turn off the TV earlier, and enforce a bedtime for the entire family.

these comments were from the official club's website, there is no way that these are some kind of speculation or rumours as these pundits from Goal.com used to do.And as far as I can see, its the club itself who do nt want to see Toure go.Last time I checked Goal.com they also said that Walcott isnt happy and could be sold for 400.000 Pounds, as well as Eboue's speculation which has been mentionned early today.SF, can you please refer me to some of those sites or blogs that you have seen this updates of Toure's concern???? I am really curious abt that coz when I left my computer yesterday, I was very confident that the threat of Toure leaving is completely out of question and sight from all fans.

Make sure your bedroom is dark and cool for sleeping, allow enough time for sleep (easier said than done if living with an early - to - rise toddler or pre-schooler) and make sure to take at least 20 minutes before bed to relax away from electronics such as televisions and computers.

This is because all of the stolen moments that hubby and I count on to get us through the day (nap time, computer time while boys are at school and baby plays quietly in baby - proofed area, early bedtime for kids, hot bath and wine after kids go to bed) never happen because there is a flurry of fun activities that keep us from sticking to our schedule.

Unlike its competitors, it has won several awards and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal as an early developmental tool for computer programming.

The party raised concerns over the inclusion of Dr Nii Narku Quaynor, a renowned computer scientist, Chairman of the National Information Technology Agency (NITA) Board of Directors, who's a known member of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and His Lordship Justice VCRAC Crabbe, a former Justice of the Supreme Court who had earlier publicly stated that there was no need for a new voters register to be compiled.

This high ranking is due in large part to the College of Engineering and Computer Science and the School of Information Studies at SU that devote themselves to recruiting women for these fields at an early age and helping them feel comfortable in a college setting and a STEM field.

Libraries have free WiFi, computer training, multi-language databases, career and business resources, job clubs, early literacy tools for school readiness, family programs, author lectures, health fairs and much, much more.

His blueprint for a universal computing machine, published two years earlier, set the specs for every computer that followed, from the humblest pocket calculator to the mightiest supercomputer — via laptop, smartphone and all points in between.

New opportunities for early career scientists to work at the interface of computer science and other scientific disciplines are expected to open up in Europe in the coming years as Microsoft plans to invest big money in European science.

Programmable textile machinery provided inspiration for the player piano and the early computer

Justin Zhan, a computer science professor at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, who serves as an ECR, adds, «if you don't even know what is a good evaluation, and what is needed from a reviewer's perspective, it's hard for early - career [researchers] to make a successful proposal.»

Research reported earlier this year hinted that events in the stratosphere might directly affect the oceans, but those findings were based on a single climate model and a computer simulation that modeled the stratosphere for a relatively short 260 years.

Early interpretation of grip planning, including accounting for the distinctive form that plans take in the context of different object, could allow a brain computer interface decoder to get a motion command to a prosthesis more quickly and accurately with information about what is to be gripped, Vargas - Irwin said.

For example, University of Maryland electrical engineering researcher Mehdi Kalantari is designing a wireless early warning system made up of tiny sensors that can monitor a bridge's structural integrity and transmit that data to a central computer for analysFor example, University of Maryland electrical engineering researcher Mehdi Kalantari is designing a wireless early warning system made up of tiny sensors that can monitor a bridge's structural integrity and transmit that data to a central computer for analysfor analysis.

Gee's remarks remind me of an experience I had a few years earlier, introducing my 7 - year - old nephew to SimCity 2000, the best - selling urban simulator that lets you create a virtual metropolis on your computer, build highways and bridges, zone areas for development, and raise or lower taxes.

And earlier this year, researchers from Trinity College Dublin used the AFLOWlib database to predict 20 Heusler alloys, a class of magnets that can be used for sensors or computer memories, and managed to synthesize two of them, confirming that their magnetic properties are very close to the predictions (see go.nature.com/v7djio).

Liu's computer model accounted for the last 40 million years, prior to even the earliest signs of Yellowstone's volcanism.

Gee's remarks remind me of an experience I had a few years earlier, introducing my 7 - year - old nephew to SimCity 2000, the best - selling urban simulator that lets you create a virtual metropolis on your computer, building highways and bridges, zoning areas for development, raising or lowering taxes.

But Massachusetts's colleges and universities have had an eye on industry for more than a decade, Griesemer says, citing the addition of bioinformatics to computer science programs and clinical trials training to medical school curriculums as early examples.