Fundamentals Flashcards
It is considered as the ultimate ancestor of the computer.
Abacus
Is a calculating tool which is consists of beads affixed on rods within a rectangular frame.
Abacus
Charles Babbage, also known as the?
Father of Computing
What are the invention of Charles Babbage? (2)
Difference Engine
Analytical Engine
Charles Babbage was born on?
December 26, 1791
Was conceived to perform quick tabular calculations.
Difference Engine
The Difference engine was powered by?
Steam
Ten years into crafting the Difference Engine, Babbage came up with the idea of a more sophisticated machine called the?
Analytical Engine
It was the first ever device that can be considered as a computer.
Analytical Engine
The basic design of the Analytical Engine required over how many components?
50,000
Analytical Engine utilized I/O media called?
Jacquard’s Punched Cards.
It originally used to lay down thread arrangements in weaving.
Jacquard’s Punched Cards.
A perforated card that can indicate numerical values.
Jacquard’s Punched Cards.
In this generation, they were based on the use of wired circuits
containing vacuum tubes and utilized punched cards as the main storage medium.
First Generation
First Generation of Computer uses this language involved the manipulation of bits to tell the computer how to operate.
Machine Language
(ENIAC) stands for?
Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
It’s a hulk of machinery consists of 18,000 vacuum tubes,
70,000 resistors, and 5,000,000 soldered joints, and occupied a space equal to a small warehouse.
ENIAC