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Development and history of the ICT sector in Sri Lanka

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Development and History of the ICT sector in Sri Lanka. Where it all began.  Computers were first introduced to Sri Lanka in the 1960’s, about 20 years after the first computer ENIAC was developed in 1946 by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly at the University of Pennsylvania, USA . It came for a very large government sector of institutes. During the period of 1970 - 1977 there wasn’t much development in computers in the private sector due to import restrictions. It started developing in 1977 with the introduction of the open economy thus improving the usage of computers in the private sector. With this, the Computer Society of Sri Lanka (CSSL) was established in 1976 for the purpose of promoting and developing the ICT sector in Sri Lanka. National Computer policy of Sri Lanka (COMPOL) The committee on national computer policy (COMPOL) guidelines was founded by the request of H.E. the President J.R. Jayawardene (1977 - 1989), by the Natural Resources, Energy and Science Authority (...
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Artificial Intelligence

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Artificial Intelligence What is Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence or AI is intelligence  demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals. The term "Artificial Intelligence" is often used to describe machines ( or computers ) that mimic "cognitive" functions that humans associate with the human mind such as "learning" and "problem solving". history of Artificial Intelligence The idea of inanimate objects coming to life as intelligent beings has been around for a long time. The ancient Greeks had myths about robots, and Chinese and Egyptian engineers built automations. The beginning of modern AI can be traced to classical philosophers' attempts to describe thinking as a symbolic system. But the field of AI wasn't formally founded until 1956, at a conference at Dartmouth College, in Hanover, New Hampshire, where the term " Artificial intelligence" was coined. But achie...
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All about FOSS and GitHub

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FOSS What is FOSS? Free and open-source software ( FOSS ) is software that are both free as well as open-source software . Anyone is freely licensed to use, copy, study, and change the software in any way, and the source code is openly shared so that people are encouraged to voluntarily improve the design of the software. In contrast proprietary software , the other kind of software, is under restrictive copyright and the source code is usually hidden from the users. Examples of open source products include Open Office, the internet browser Mozilla Firefox, Wikipedia, the GNU/Linux operating system and its derivative Android, an operating system for mobile devices. Advantages of FOSS There are pros as well as cons in using FOSS. The benefits or pros of using FOSS can include decreased software costs, increased security and stability (especially in regard to malware ), protecting privacy , education, and giving users more control over their own hardware. F...
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