What was the importance of the Turing machine to today's computers?

a. It described a system that was a precursor to today's notebook computer.
b. It was the first electronic calculator and a precursor to the computer.
c. It was the first computer to have a monitor.
d. It described a process to read, write, and erase symbols on a tape and was the precursor to today's RAM.


D

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A. applet B. cookie C. scanner D. listener

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An example of the function that returns the number of cells in a range of cells that contain data is ____.

A. =NUMBER(B4) B. =COUNT(B4) C. =NUMBER(B4:B15) D. =COUNT(B4:B15)

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In the code for the add method in the implementation of a heap, what is the missing code? def add(self, item): self.size += 1 self.heap.append(item) curPos = len(self.heap) - 1 while curPos > 0: parent = (curPos - 1) // 2 parentItem = self.heap[parent] if parentItem <= item: else: self.heap[curPos] = self.heap[parent] self.heap[parent] = item curPos = parent

A. curPos += 1 B. break C. self.heap[curPos] = item D. parent = curpos

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