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CT: Computer engineering is a dynamic and broadly interdisciplinary field that continues to experience rapid professional growth that impacts every area of human endeavor.
Computer engineers apply their knowledge to the design of digital circuits and software in various areas, including cell phones, computers, computer networks, computer vision, pattern recognition and embedded systems.
S: http://engineering.tamu.edu/cse/academics/degrees/ce (last access: 22 December 2014)
N: 1. computer (n): 1640s, “one who calculates,” agent noun from compute (v.). Meaning “calculating machine” (of any type) is from 1897; in modern use, “programmable digital electronic computer” (1945 under this name; theoretical from 1937, as Turing machine). ENIAC (1946) usually is considered the first. Computer literacy is recorded from 1970; an attempt to establish computerate (adjective, on model of literate) in this sense in the early 1980s didn’t catch on. Computerese “the jargon of programmers” is from 1960, as are computerize and computerization.
engineering (n): 1720, “work done by an engineer,” from engineer (n.). As a field of study, attested from 1792. An earlier word was engineership (1640s); engineery was attempted in 1793, but it did not stick.
2. Computer engineers continually push the capability and applicability of computers in every industry and every facet of modern life.
Computer engineers embed computers in other machines and systems, build networks to transfer data, and develop ways to make computers, faster, smaller, and more capable. Computer engineers are improving the ability of computers to “see” and “think.” They are making computers more mobile, and even incorporating computers into fabrics, clothes, and building materials.
S: 1. OED – http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=computer&searchmode=none; http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=engineering&searchmode=none (last access: 22 December 2014). 2. http://www.ece.vt.edu/ugrad/cpe.html (last access: 22 December 2014).
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