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Beni BSW 113
Beni BSW 113
Beni BSW 113
The computer as a device, in recent times has played a great role, bringing it to
With the world becoming a global village through the use of computer hence
there is great need for all to be acclaimed with the computer by being literate to
its operations.
The history of computer can be traced back to 1543 – 1678 during the season of
scientific revolution.
The calculating machine invented by Blaise Pascal in 1642 and Gottfried Leibniz
The computer was never created for the purpose of entertainment. In 1880, the
United State had grown rapidly in population, and needed a faster way of getting
the census results, giving rise to punch card based computers that took up entire
rooms.
The brief history of computing is a record of how computers evolved from their
designed and constructed the first working mechanical calculator which was
digitalized in 1801.
In the year 1673 by Gottfried Leibniz and then called “stepped Reckoner”. In 1801
joseph Marie Jacquard invent anhoom that users punched wooden cards to
automatically weave fabric designs. All of these events from people like Thomas
Ada lovelace 1843, etc. until the early 2000 till date which witnessed high level
tech-computer, with inventions from companies such as Applier, Google and the
rest.
these generations lasted for a certain period of time and each gave us either a
Clifford Berry. It was called the Atanasoff – Berry Computer and in 1943. Another
CHARACTERISTICS
EXAMPLES
SECOND GENERATION
During this era, there was a little bit of improvement recorded, therefore the
were more reliable. The first computer for commercial use was introduced in
1. The computer were still large but smaller than the first computers.
EXAMPLE
The invention of the integrated circuit brought the third generation of computers
making the computer smaller, more powerful and reliable, being able to run
1. They used large – scale integrated circuit, which were used for both data
previous generation.
3. The keyboard and mouse were used for input while the monitor was used
as an output device.
Examples
2. Honeywell 200
At this era there was high level of technological development the size of
computer was divided into personal computers PC. This was the time micro-
CHARACTERISTICS
in use today.
Example
2. ILLACIV
3. Cray 2x MP.
THE FIFTH GENERATION OF COMPUTERS
The fifth generation of computer devices, which are based artificial intelligence
EXAMPLE
2. Parallel processing
Example
1. Super computers
2. Robots
CONCLUSION
The earliest foundations of what would become computer science, predate the
Algorithms for performing computations have existed since antiquity, even before
In 1980 Microsoft Disk operating system (MS-Dos) was born and in 1981 IBM
introduced the personal computer (PC) for home and office use. Three years later
Apple gave us the Macintosh computer with its icon driven interface and the 90s
development of the computer we have seen the computer being used in all areas
of life. It is a very useful tool that will continue to experience new development as
time passes.
REFERENCES
Charles Babbage “Who was Charles?” Obi/edu. Retrieved December 28, 2016.