Sixty years ago, on May 1, 1964, at 4 am in the morning, a quiet revolution in computing began at Dartmouth College. That’s when mathematicians John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz successfully ran the ...

Design and understanding of the computer system as a whole unit. Performance Evaluation and its role in computer system design; Instruction Set Architecture design, Datapath design and optimizations ...

Basic principles behind distributed systems (collections of independent components that appear to users as a single coherent system) and main paradigms used to organize them. This course satisfies the ...

Apple has been awarded a patent for a computer system architecture designed to fend off exploits and malware by isolating network interface programs from a computer's main memory storage — an idea ...

Many small businesses are turning to technology, attempting to streamline their operation processes. Usually, only larger companies can afford a technology specialist to set up their computer systems.

How can you take a holistic look at computing, from the top down? Computer science is the answer. As the trend toward globalization connects people in every part of the world, digital networks and ...

Operating systems such as Windows or Mac OS could someday move to the cloud. Millions of people use cloud computing without knowing it, by watching videos, sharing photos or using social media — ...

This provides the basic instructions for a PC's hardware, and is coded into the computer's ROM (or Read Only Memory). The settings in the BIOS can be modified to change certain features of how the ...

For kids going back to school, chances are they’ll encounter more personal computers than last year. Chances are that having a computer at home will help them as much as having one at school, ...