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Security vs Security

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Code Curmudgeon

There is currently a national debate going on in the United States about the challenges of security vs. security. Some are calling it privacy...

Map Ado About Nothing

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Code Curmudgeon

It’s amazing how much noise in mobile technology is created for issues that are at best marginal. For example, there was the iPhone 4...

That Bright Light You Saw was the End of Flash

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Code Curmudgeon

It’s finally official – at least for those who are aware of how the web works. Yesterday Adobe (ADBE) announced that they will be...

AI Smackdown – Siri vs Eliza

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Code Curmudgeon

Angry vintage tin toy robots, artificial intelligence

John McCarthy, creator of LISP, and father of modern artificial intelligence (AI) died today. He was one of the first guys to work seriously...

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Definitioner

CAN (Controller Area Network): Controller Area Network aka CAN aka CAN Bus is a wiring standard for vehicles that enables communication between various components and devices without having a host computer. For example doors, brakes, transmission.
AI (HTML5): HTML5 is the most recent version of the HTML standard. It is a language used to create web pages. Currently it is a draft standard, but it supported by all major browsers. HTML4 is the current actual standard.
AI (AJAX): Asynchronous JavaScript and XML. It's a set of web technologies that help create interactive web applications.
AI (Flash): Web-based multimedia platform. Used for putting animation, interactivity, and video on web pages.
AI (BASIC): Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. A programming language designed specifically for beginners.
artificial intelligence: An attempt to make computers work/talk/act like people. Traditional definitions included a simple test that if a person dealing with a computer, for example via a keyboard and monitor, could not tell that there was a computer on the other end, then it was artificial intelligence. Modern definitions are more strict.
AI (artificial intelligence): An attempt to make computers work/talk/act like people. Traditional definitions included a simple test that if a person dealing with a computer, for example via a keyboard and monitor, could not tell that there was a computer on the other end, then it was artificial intelligence. Modern definitions are more strict.
CPU: The CPU or Central Processing Unit is the key brain of the computer, it's the part where most computation is actually done.