The Evolution of Computers

<p>Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Jacquard Loom</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Charles Xavier Thomas de Colmar</p> Signup and view all the answers

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<p>Abacus = Unknown, 5000 years ago Calculating Clock = Wilhelm Shickard, 1623 Pascaline = Blaise Pascal, 1642 Stepped Reckoner = Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz, 1694</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Abacus = Made counting easier and faster Calculating Clock = Performed basic addition and subtraction of up to six-digit numbers Pascaline = Helped in adding and subtracting large sequences of numbers Stepped Reckoner = Could perform all basic Math operations</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Abacus = A device made up of rods of sliding beads mounted on a frame Calculating Clock = Composed of rotating rods and gears on an upright frame Pascaline = Had movable dials that could be turned by hand Stepped Reckoner = Used a system of wheels and drums</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>DIFFERENCE ENGINE = A mechanical device proposed by Charles Babbage that could perform calculations and print results ANALYTICAL ENGINE = A computer designed to carry out more complicated calculations Tabulating Machine = A device used to record statistics by electrically reading and sorting punched cards MARK I = A device built during World War II that took between three and six seconds to add two numbers</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Charles Babbage = Proposed to build the DIFFERENCE ENGINE and ANALYTICAL ENGINE Lady Ada Augusta Lovelace = Wrote the program that would have been used for the ANALYTICAL ENGINE Herman Hollerith = Invented the Tabulating Machine Howard Aiken = Built the MARK I during World War II</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Bug = Refers to a failure or a flaw in the software program Debugging = The process of detecting and removing of existing and potential errors in a software program ENIAC = The first programmable general-purpose electronic digital computer IBM = International Business Machines Corporation</p> Signup and view all the answers