From Mechanical Devices to Modern Computers

The first aids to computation were purely mechanical devices which required the operator to set up the initial values of an elementary arithmetic operation, then manipulate the device to obtain the result.

Numbers could be represented in a continuous form (e.g. distance along a scale, rotation of a shaft, or a voltage) or in the form of digits, automatically manipulated by a mechanism.

The development of transistor technology and then the integrated circuit chip led to a series of breakthroughs, starting with transistor computers and then integrated circuit computers.

<p>MOS LSI enabled the development of semiconductors.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The development of computers throughout history resulted in the progression from simple mechanical devices to modern day computers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They required the operator to manipulate the device to obtain the result</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It allowed for greater precision of results</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Integrated circuit chip</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The use of integrated circuit chips</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The development of modern day computers</p> Signup and view all the answers