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  2. Internet of things - Wikipedia

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    According to Lonergan, the term IoT was coined before smart phones, tablets, and devices as we know them today existed, and there is a long list of terms with varying degrees of overlap and technological convergence: Internet of things, Internet of everything (IoE), Internet of goods (supply chain), industrial Internet, pervasive computing ...

  3. Crowdsourcing - Wikipedia

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    2009 – Waze (then named FreeMap Israel), a community-oriented GPS app, was created. [38] It allows users to submit road information and route data based on location, such as reports of car accidents or traffic, and integrates that data into its routing algorithms for all users of the app.

  4. Cloud computing - Wikipedia

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    Cloud bursting is an application deployment model in which an application runs in a private cloud or data center and "bursts" to a public cloud when the demand for computing capacity increases. A primary advantage of cloud bursting and a hybrid cloud model is that an organization pays for extra compute resources only when they are needed. [ 85 ]

  5. Raphael Lemkin - Wikipedia

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    Raphael Lemkin (Polish: RafaƂ Lemkin; 24 June 1900 – 28 August 1959) was a Polish lawyer of Jewish descent who is known for coining the term genocide and campaigning to establish the Genocide Convention.

  6. History of artificial intelligence - Wikipedia

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    The history of artificial intelligence (AI) began in antiquity, with myths, stories and rumors of artificial beings endowed with intelligence or consciousness by master craftsmen. The study of logic and formal reasoning from antiquity to the present led directly to the invention of the programmable digital computer in the 1940s, a machine based ...

  7. Software as a service - Wikipedia

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    Software as a service. Software as a service (SaaS / sæs / [1]) is a form of cloud computing in which the provider offers the use of application software to a client and manages all the physical and software resources used by the application. [2] The distinguishing feature of SaaS compared to other software delivery models is that it separates ...

  8. Agile software development - Wikipedia

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    Agile software development is an umbrella term for approaches to developing software that reflect the values and principles agreed upon by The Agile Alliance, a group of 17 software practitioners in 2001. [1] As documented in their Manifesto for Agile Software Development the practitioners value: [2] Individuals and interactions over processes ...

  9. History of software - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Software is a set of programmed instructions stored in the memory of stored-program digital computers for execution by the processor. Software is a recent development in human history and is fundamental to the Information Age. Ada Lovelace 's programs for Charles Babbage 's Analytical Engine in the 19th century are often considered the ...