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  2. Binary code - Wikipedia

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    The modern binary number system, the basis for binary code, is an invention by Gottfried Leibniz in 1689 and appears in his article Explication de l'Arithmétique Binaire (English: Explanation of the Binary Arithmetic) which uses only the characters 1 and 0, and some remarks on its usefulness. Leibniz's system uses 0 and 1, like the modern ...

  3. Morse code - Wikipedia

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    The Morse code, as specified in the current international standard, International Morse Code Recommendation, ITU-R M.1677-1, [1] was derived from a much-improved proposal by Friedrich Gerke in 1848 that became known as the "Hamburg alphabet", its only real defect being the use of an excessively long code ( and later the equal duration code ...

  4. Glossary of engineering: A–L - Wikipedia

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    Electric generator In electricity generation , a generator , also called electric generator , electrical generator , and electromagnetic generator is a device that converts motive power ( mechanical energy ) into electrical power for use in an external circuit .

  5. Timeline of United States inventions (before 1890) - Wikipedia

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    Using 26 wheels, each with the letters of the alphabet arranged randomly around them, Thomas Jefferson invented the wheel cypher in 1795. Falling in and out of use and obscurity, the wheel cypher was "re-invented" twice: first by a French government official around 1890, and then just prior to World War I by an officer in the United States Army .

  6. Gray code - Wikipedia

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    One such type of Gray code is the n-ary Gray code, also known as a non-Boolean Gray code. As the name implies, this type of Gray code uses non-Boolean values in its encodings. For example, a 3-ary Gray code would use the values 0,1,2. [31] The (n, k)-Gray code is the n-ary Gray code with k digits. [63]

  7. Google - Wikipedia

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    The original motto was retained in the code of conduct of Google, now a subsidiary of Alphabet. The original Google logo was designed by Sergey Brin. [ 239 ] Since 1998, [update] Google has been designing special, temporary alternate logos to place on their homepage intended to celebrate holidays, events, achievements and people.

  8. Artificial intelligence - Wikipedia

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    Artificial intelligence (AI), in its broadest sense, is intelligence exhibited by machines, particularly computer systems.It is a field of research in computer science that develops and studies methods and software that enable machines to perceive their environment and use learning and intelligence to take actions that maximize their chances of achieving defined goals. [1]