Chappe, Claude,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
,
5.4
,
5.5
,
5.6
,
5.7
Chappe, Ignace,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
Chappe, Pierre
Chappe, René
Charles Albert, King of Sardinia,
4.1
,
4.2
Cherry, Colin
chess-playing machines,
8.1
,
8.2
China,
1.1
,
2.1
,
2.2
,
2.3
,
3.1
Chomsky, Noam
chromosomes,
6.1
,
7.1
,
9.1
,
9.2
,
10.1
,
10.2
Churchill, Winston,
prl.1
,
prl.2
,
7.1
circularity
in defining words,
3.1
,
3.2
Gödel’s critique of
Principia Mathematica,
6.1
in paradoxes
Clark, Josiah Latimer
Clarke, Roger T.
classification,
2.1
,
2.2
,
2.3
,
2.4
,
2.5
,
2.6
,
3.1
,
3.2
Clausius, Rudolf,
9.1
,
9.2
,
9.3
Clauson-Thue, William,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
Clement, Joseph,
4.1
,
4.2
clocks, synchronization of,
1.1
,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
,
5.4
cloud, information,
14.1
,
14.2
clustering
Clytemnestra
code
attempts to reduce cost of telegraphy,
5.1
,
5.2
Babbage’s interest in
cipher and compression systems for telegraphy,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
,
5.4
,
5.5
,
5.6
Enigma,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
genetic,
10.1
,
10.2
,
10.3
,
10.4
,
10.5
,
10.6
,
10.7
,
10.8
,
10.9
,
10.10
in Jacquard loom operations
Morse,
prl.1
,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
,
1.4
,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
,
5.4
,
6.1
,
11.1
as noise
for printing telegraph
Shannon’s interest in,
prl.1
,
6.1
,
7.1
telegraphy before Morse code,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
,
5.4
,
5.5
,
5.6
,
5.7
see also
cryptography
coding theory,
8.1
,
8.2
,
10.1
,
12.1
cognitive science,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
8.4
Colebrooke, Henry
collective consciousness,
epl.1
,
epl.2
,
epl.3
,
epl.4
,
epl.5
Colossus computing machine
Columbus, Christopher
combinatorial analysis,
6.1
,
10.1
,
10.2
communication
by algorithm
with alien life-form,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
12.4
,
12.5
Babbage’s mechanical notation for describing,
4.1
,
4.2
,
5.1
constrained channels of,
2.1
,
2.2
disruptive effects of new technologies in,
15.1
,
15.2
emergence of global consciousness,
epl.1
,
epl.2
,
epl.3
evolution of electrical technologies for,
5.1
,
5.2
,
6.1
,
6.2
fundamental problem of,
prl.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
8.1
human evolution and,
prl.1
,
prl.2
implications of technological evolution of,
15.1
,
15.2
information overload and,
epl.1
,
epl.2
knowledge needs for,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
in origins of governance
Shannon’s diagram of,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
as stochastic process
symbolic logic to describe systems of
system elements,
7.1
,
7.2
in Twitter,
epl.1
,
epl.2
see also
talking drums; telegraphy; telephony; transmission of information
compact disc,
prl.1
,
8.1
,
epl.1
complexity,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
12.4
,
12.5
,
12.6
,
12.7
,
12.8
,
12.9
compression of information;
see
data compression
“Computable Numbers, On” (Turing),
7.1
,
7.2
,
12.1
computation
in Babylonian mathematics,
2.1
,
2.2
computable and uncomputable numbers,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
7.4
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
of differential equations,
4.1
,
4.2
in evolution of complex structures
human computers,
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3
thermodynamics of,
13.1
,
13.2
,
13.3
,
13.4
Turing machine for,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
7.4
,
7.5
,
7.6
see also
calculators; computers
computer(s)
analog and digital,
8.1
,
8.2
chess-playing,
8.1
,
8.2
comparison to humans,
8.1
,
8.2
cost of memory storage
cost of work of,
13.1
,
13.2
early mechanical,
prl.1
,
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3
,
4.4
,
4.5
,
4.6
,
8.1
growth of memory and processing speed of,
14.1
,
14.2
,
14.3
,
14.4
inductive learning in
perception of thinking by,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
8.4
public awareness of
quantum-based,
13.1
,
13.2
,
13.3
,
13.4
Shannon’s information theory in,
prl.1
,
6.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
8.1
,
8.2
significance of information theory in development of
spread of memes through
Turing’s conceptualization of,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
universe as,
14.1
,
14.2
see also
calculators; computation; programming
Conference on Cybernetics,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
8.4
,
8.5
,
8.6
,
8.7
,
8.8
,
8.9
,
8.10
,
8.11
,
8.12
Connolly, Sean J.
consciousness,
2.1
,
2.2
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
epl.1
,
epl.2
,
epl.3
continuous signal systems,
6.1
,
7.1
Cooke, William,
5.1
,
5.2
Cooper, Pat
Coote, Edmund
Coy, George W.
Crick, Francis,
10.1
,
10.2
,
10.3
,
10.4
,
10.5
Crow, James F.
n
cryptography
assessment of system security
Babbage’s work in,
5.1
,
5.2
early strategies,
5.1
,
5.2
Enigma system of,
7.1
,
7.2
information theory and
mathematics of,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
,
7.1
,
7.2
mental skill for
pattern recognition in,
7.1
,
7.2
perfect cipher system
popular interest in,
5.1
,
5.2
quantum,
13.1
,
13.2
,
13.3
,
13.4
RSA encryption
Shannon’s work on,
prl.1
,
prl.2
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
7.4
,
7.5
,
7.6
Turing’s work on,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
7.4
voice encryption,
7.1
,
7.2
writing and,
5.1
,
5.2
see also
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