chapter 1 - artificial intelligence

programmed decisions
non-programmed decisions
the most powerful supercomputers
artificial intelligence researchers
learning systems software
examples of problem constraints
examples of heuristics
Alan Turing
computers and natural language
decision-making process / problem-solving process
proactive/reactive approach to problem solving
optimization model
semantics/syntax
expert systems
Artificial Intelligence systems
computational biology

chapter 2 - software and design

sound sampling
binary representation / number conversion
unicode