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Internet http://www blue screen. Hompepage blog 2009, history and society, media news television, crowd opinion protest, In the News 2009, breaking news
Who Invented the Internet?
Technical insides of a desktop computer
5 Components of Information Systems
Grade school students working at computers in a school library. Study learn girl child class technology
The Future of Information and Education
bunch of numbers
Unusual Counting Systems
Programming computer abstract
Influential Computer Programming Languages
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Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) standing on rock, side view, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
The Fastest Animals on Earth
Berries and leaves of the bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) plant. Poisonous plant
7 of the World’s Deadliest Plants
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Flags That Look Alike
Amendments 1-10 to the Constitution of the United States constitute what is known as the Bill of Rights on an American flag.
What Is the Emoluments Clause?
Candles Burning On Table In Church
What Is the Most Widely Practiced Religion in the World?
Portrait of Marie Antoinette by Jean-Francois Janinet, 1777. Color etching and engraving with gold leaf printed on two sheets, 30x13.5 in.
Did Marie-Antoinette Really Say “Let Them Eat Cake”?
B-52G with cruise missiles, USAF, short range attack missiles SRAMs; guided missile
11 of the World’s Most Famous Warplanes

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Born December 30, 1954 (age 70) • Adelaide • Australia
Subjects Of Study artificial intelligence • bottom-up approach

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American computer engineer
Joseph Weizenbaum
American computer scientist
Ray Kurzweil
American computer scientist and futurist
John M. Jumper
John M. Jumper
American computer scientist
Minsky, Marvin
Marvin Minsky
American scientist
Edward Feigenbaum
Edward Albert Feigenbaum
American computer scientist
Allen Newell
American computer scientist
Judea Pearl
Israeli-American computer scientist
John McCarthy
American mathematician and computer scientist
Alan Turing
Alan Turing
British mathematician and logician
Demis Hassabis
Demis Hassabis
British computer scientist
Geoffrey Hinton
Geoffrey Hinton
British-Canadian cognitive psychologist and computer scientist
Raj Reddy
Indian computer scientist
John von Neumann
John von Neumann
American mathematician
Vannevar Bush with Differential Analyzer
Vannevar Bush
American engineer
Julian Assange
Julian Assange
Australian computer programmer
A candid photograph of American computer programmer and entrepreneur Bill Gates, smiling, taken in 2011.
Bill Gates
American computer programmer, businessman, and philanthropist
Lynn Conway, 2013
Lynn Conway
American computer scientist
John Carmack
John Carmack
American computer-game designer
Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg
American computer programmer and entrepreneur

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