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What significant contribution did Konrad Zuse make to the field of computing?
What significant contribution did Konrad Zuse make to the field of computing?
- Developing the world's first high-level programming language (correct)
- Cracking the Enigma code
- Designing the ACE with electronic memory
- Proposing the Turing test
Which of Konrad Zuse's achievements was completed first?
Which of Konrad Zuse's achievements was completed first?
- The Z1 computer (correct)
- The Z3 computer
- The Automatic Computing Engine
- The first programmable computer
What was a key feature of Alan Turing's design for the ACE?
What was a key feature of Alan Turing's design for the ACE?
- Switching tasks using numerical instructions (correct)
- Using vacuum tube technology
- Being the first computer to use punch cards
- Switching between tasks using rewiring
Which device is considered the world's first fully programmable computer?
Which device is considered the world's first fully programmable computer?
What was the focus of Alan Turing's thought experiment, the Turing test?
What was the focus of Alan Turing's thought experiment, the Turing test?
In which area did Konrad Zuse work before he dedicated himself to computer research?
In which area did Konrad Zuse work before he dedicated himself to computer research?
What was Alan Turing's role at the UK's National Physical Laboratory?
What was Alan Turing's role at the UK's National Physical Laboratory?
What was one of the outcomes of the efforts to crack the Enigma code during WWII?
What was one of the outcomes of the efforts to crack the Enigma code during WWII?
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Konrad Zuse
Konrad Zuse
German engineer who built the first programmable computer.
Z1
Z1
The first computer designed by Konrad Zuse in 1938.
Z3
Z3
World's first fully programmable computer developed by Zuse in 1941.
Plankalkül
Plankalkül
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Alan Turing
Alan Turing
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Automatic Computing Engine (ACE)
Automatic Computing Engine (ACE)
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Turing Test
Turing Test
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Enigma Code
Enigma Code
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Study Notes
Konrad Zuse
- Born in Berlin (1910-1995), a German engineer
- Designed and built a programmable computer while working in isolation
- Constructed a prototype machine in his parents' apartment
- Developed the Z1 computer in 1938
- Constructed the Z3, the world's first fully programmable working computer, in 1941
- Developed the high-level programming language "Plankalkül"
Alan Turing
- After World War II, worked for the UK's National Physical Laboratory (1945)
- Developed the Automatic Computing Engine (ACE) which could be programmed via instructions stored in an electronic memory
- 1948 - moved to Manchester University
- Led programming team for the Ferranti Mark 1 (the world's first commercially available digital electronic computer)
- Developed the Turing Test to determine if a machine can exhibit intelligent behavior
Machine Intelligence
- Turing's work was influential in Artificial Intelligence
- Turing also had interests in diverse fields like neurology and biology
- Published a paper on mathematical morphogenesis in 1952
- Convicted in 1952 for homosexual acts, which was illegal at the time
- Committed suicide in 1954 at age 41
- Turing was pardoned by the UK government in 2013
Enigma Cracking
- 2 years of World War II duration
- Estimated to have saved over 14 million lives
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