Sridharan@RUTGERS.ARPA@sri-unix.UUCP (07/19/83)
From: Sri <Sridharan@RUTGERS.ARPA>
[Reprinted from the Rutgers BBoard.]
I found the following sample entries in a dictionary and thought that
they were good definitions, esp. for a popular dictionary. Your
reactions are welcome.
Selected entries from the Dictionary of Information Technology by
Dennis Longley and Michael Shain, John Wiley, 1982.
Artificial Intelligence
Research and study into methods for the development of
systems that can demonstrate some of those attributes
associated with human intelligence, e.g. the ability to
recognize a variety of patterns from various viewpoints, the
ability to form hypotheses from a llimited set of
information, the ability to select relevant information from
a large set and draw conclusions from it etc. See Expert
Systems, Pattern Recognition, Robotics.
Expert Systems
In data bases, systems containing a database and associated
software that enable a user to conduct an apparently
intelligent dialog with the system in a user oriented
language. See Artificial Intelligence.
Pattern Recognition
In computing, the automatic recognition of shapes, patterns
and curves. The human optical and brain system is much
superior to the most advanced computer system in matching
images to those stored in memory. This area is subject to
intensive research effort because of its importance in the
fields of robotics and artificial intelligence, and its
potential areas of application, e.g. reading handwritten
script. See Artificial Intelligence, Robotics.
Robotics
An area of artificial intelligence concerned with robots.
Robot
A device that can accept input signals and/or sense
environmental conditions, process the data so obtained and
activate a mechanical device to perform a desired action
relating to the perceived environmental conditions or input
signal.KELLY@RUTGERS.ARPA (07/19/83)
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