Basic COMPUTING Periods Ages

Question 1

spanning from 3000
B.C. to 1450 A.D., marks the dawn of
information technology. Initially,
communication relied on language and
petroglyphs, simple drawings carved in rock.
Early alphabets, like the Phoenician,
emerged

Answer 1

Pre-mechanical age

Question 2

spanning from 1450 to
1840, marks a period of significant
technological advancement and interest.
Innovations like the slide rule and Pascaline
emerged, with Charles Babbage’s difference
engine being a notable development for
tabulating polynomial equations

Answer 2

Mechanical age

Question 3

From 1840 to 1940 marks a pivotal era in telecommunications. Samuel Morse devised
Morse code in 1835, leading to the telegraph’s creation. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876,
followed by Guglielmo Marconi’s radio in 1894.

Answer 3

electromechanical age

Question 4

spans from 1940 to the present day, marked by
significant advancements in computing technology. The ENIAC, the first
high-speed digital computer, was developed during this era for the U.S.
Army, utilizing vacuum tubes and spanning 680 square feet, weighing 30
tons.

Answer 4

electronic age