Unit 2: Day 4
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Tasks
19.1 Binary Bonanza Practice
19.2 Computing in Parallel
- Watch the video What is a Supercomputer? [3:01] about a parallel supercomputer at a national laboratory.
- Emphasize that computers like this one are necessary for certain tasks like weather simulation.
19.3 Sequential, Parallel and Distributed Computing - Quick Research Assignment
- For this assignment students are to focus on the banking industry. It is easily adaptable to other industries or to give students choice?
- Find an example of how the banking industry uses each of Sequential, Parallel and Distributed computing. Then for each:
- What problem does each system solve
- How are the problems similar? How are they different?
- What is the relative efficiency of each
- Describe the benefits and challenges of parallel and distributed computing
- Which system is ‘block chain’? How you anticipate it influencing the banking industry
19.4 Decidable Problems and Analyzing Algorithms
- See the “Analyzing Algorithms” Activity for Students from Shared Activity - 2.3
19.5 Review Using AP Classroom
- If you have access to AP Classroom, take a few moments to go over the Topic Questions for 4.3 Including Parallel and Distributed Computing. There were 30+ sample multiple choice questions available at the time this document was produced.
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