Search results
Results from the Health.Zone Content Network
A computer lab is a space where computer services are provided to a defined community. These are typically public libraries and academic institutions. [1] Generally, users must follow a certain user policy to retain access to the computers. This usually consists of rules such as no illegal activity during use or attempts to circumvent any ...
Thursday, June 15, 2000. Glenn A. Beck (background) and Betty Snyder (foreground) program ENIAC in BRL building 328. (U.S. Army photo, c. 1947–1955) ENIAC ( / ˈɛniæk /; Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) [1] [2] was the first programmable, electronic, general-purpose digital computer, completed in 1945.
Image of Lena Forsén used in many image processing experiments. (Click on the image to access the actual 512×512px standard test version.) Lenna (or Lena) is a standard test image used in the field of digital image processing starting in 1973, [1] but it is no longer considered appropriate by some authors.
These pictures are then sent to a computer, where they’re combined to create images of slices, or cross-sections, of the body. They may also be combined to produce a 3-D image of a particular ...
Computers in the classroom. Schools often have dedicated computer labs which different classes share for studying and research. Computers in the classroom include any digital technology used to enhance, supplement, or replace a traditional educational curriculum with computer science education. As computers have become more accessible ...
A PET scan is an imaging test that lets your doctor check for diseases in your body. The scan uses a special dye containing radioactive tracers. Certain organs and tissues absorb the tracer and ...
Wang Laboratories. Wang Laboratories was a US computer company founded in 1951 by An Wang and G. Y. Chu. [1] The company was successively headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts (1954–1963), Tewksbury, Massachusetts (1963–1976), and finally in Lowell, Massachusetts (1976–1997). At its peak in the 1980s, Wang Laboratories had annual ...
A project conceived by Harvard University’s Dr. Howard Aiken, the Mark I was built by IBM engineers in Endicott, N.Y. A steel frame 51 feet long and 8 feet high held the calculator, which consisted of an interlocking panel of small gears, counters, switches and control circuits, all only a few inches in depth.