The Evolution of Computers

No one

Lord Kelvin

James Thomson and Lord Kelvin

James Thomson (correct)

A tide-predicting machine.

A programmable computing device that can process, store, and retrieve data. (correct)

Someone who manually carried out calculations.

A device that integrates a product of two functions.

A tide-predicting analog computer used at the Port of Liverpool until the 1960s.

A general-purpose analog machine for integrating linear differential equations of any sequence. (correct)

A device that integrates a product of two functions.

An actual machine.

<p>Someone who manually carried out calculations instead of an actual machine. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A wheel and a disc integrator used in mechanical analog devices. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers