A sensory interactive display that provides the immersive experience of being in an artificial, synthetic, or simulated space.
A mechanized -for speed and flexibility- device in which individuals would store all kinds of contents and communications, so it could be used to supplement an individual’s memory.
Term coined by Vannevar Bush
The idea of a machine capable of solving all problems, both arithmetic and thought processes, which can be captured by mechanisms, via binary arithmetic. That is, the idea of a computer as it was depicted in 1937.
Term coined by Konrad Zuse
A now out-of-use term that refers to the study and management of digital systems.
Interdisciplinary field that applies computing to research biological data.
An approach to computing based on “degrees of truth” rather than the usual Boolean logic on which the modern computer is based.
Complex information processing systems focused on the simulation of human thought processes, such as the capacity to acquire, put into action and transmit information, in a computerized model.
Data sets so large, complex, or speed demanding, that traditional data processing applications are inadequate, requiring cost-effective and innovative forms of processing.
Academic field related to computational lexicology, focused on the study of human behavior and cultural trends through the quantitative analysis of texts.