History of computer Flashcards
is a programmable machine and an electronic device that manipulates information or data
Computer
It has the ability to store, retrieve and process data
Computer
manipulates data according to list of instructions
computer
aids human in performing various kinds of calculations and computations
computer
Employed to store and maintain accounts, manage projects and track inventory. They enable communication with people
Business
can be used to give audio-visual package, interactive exercises and tutoring over the internet.
Education
Computers makes it easier to store and access patient data. Can also be analyzed but software to aid discovery of diagnoses
Healthcare
Can be used to buy and sell products online. Enables sellers to reach a wider market and choose delivery preferences
Retail and Trade
used to improve the quality and efficiency of their services. includes city planning, law enforcement and tourism
government
They can be used to facilitate the creation of websites and promotional materials. It can be used to generate social media campaigns
Marketing
The first groups to adopt computer. Can be used for research, sharing information, collecting, analyzing and storing data
Science
can be used to design pretty much type of publication includes newsletter, newspaper, fashion magazines and novels
Publishing
can be used to create drawings, graphic designs and paintings as well as copy, edit and print photographs
Arts and Entertainment
software and videoconferencing services such as Skype to connect with audio and video
Communication
software and videoconferencing services such as Skype to connect with audio and video
Communication
you can use computers to check your account balance, transfer money or pay off credit cards
Banking and Finance
Used to maintain safety and navigation systems and increasingly to drive, fly or steer.
Transport
combined with GPS technology and satellite easier to pinpoint your exact location
Navigation
can access necessary data, communicate and share information without commuting
Working from Home
used for training purposes, analyzing intelligence data and control smart technology and track incoming missiles
Military
Enables people to chat in text or audio in real time across distances and exchange photographs
Social and Romance
Used by traveler’s to study timetables, examine route options and buy tickets
Booking Vacations
monitor people and goods. combined with biometric passports makes it harder for people to fraudulently enter a country
Security and Surveillance
computers can process the large amounts of meteorological information
Weather Forecasting
expanding area of technology combines computer with science and engineering can either replace humans
Robotics
when was the first use of the word “computer”
1613
Ancient memory aid device to record and document numbers, quantities and even messages
Tally stick
First invented in Babylonia in 2400 B.C and first used in China in 500 B.C
Abacus
a mechanical device used to aid an individual in performing basic arithmetic operations
abacus
invented by John napier in 1614
Napier’s bones
Allowed the operator to multiply, divide and calculate square and cube roots by moving the rods around
Napier’s Bones
invented by william oughtred in 1622
Slide rule
based on Napiers ideas. primarily used for multiplication, division, roots, logarithms and trigonometry
Slide rule
Invented by Blaise Pascal in 1643
pascaline
used for addition and subtraction, too expensive
Pascaline
invented by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in 1672
Stepped Reckoner
a machine that can do the four operations automatically
stepped reckoner
Mechanical loom controlled by punched cards
Jacquard Loom
Invented by Joseph-Marie Jacquard in 1881
Jacquard Loom
A mechanical calculator. The first reliable,useful and successful calculating machine. First mass-produced
Arithmometer
invented by Thomas de Colmar in 1820
Arithmometer
Invented by Charles Babbage in 1822 and 1834
Difference Engine and Analytical Engine
Mechanical Computer designed to tabulate polynomial functions
Difference Engine and Analytical Engine
Invented by Augusta Ada Byron in 1840
First Computer Programmer
She writes programs for the Analytical Engine
Augusta Ada Byron
invented by per georg scheutz in 1843
Scheutzian Calculation Engine
Based on Charles Babbage’s Difference Engine
Scheutzian calculation engine
the first printing calculator
Scheutzian Calculation Engine
Invented by Herman Hollerith in 189
Tabulating Machine
To assist in summarizing information and accounting
Tabulating Machine
invented by howard h. aiken in 1943
harvard mark 1
the first electromechanical computer
Harvard Mark 1
The first programmable computer
Z1
Invented by Komrad Zuse in Germany
K1
Punch tape
Z1
First electronic digital computing device
Atanasoff-Berry Computer
Invented by Prof John Atanasoff and student Clifford Berry
Atanasoff-Berry Computer
The first electronic general purpose computer
ENIAC
Developed by John Eckert and John Mauchly
ENIAC
first commercial computer
UNIVAC 1
The first stored program computer has a memory to hold both a stored program as well as data
EDVAC
Designed by Von Neumanm
EDVAC
the first portable computer
osborne 1
The first computer company founded by John Eckert and John Mauchly
Electronic Controls Company
The four basic computing periods
Premechanical, Mechanical, Electromechanical and Electronic
Earliest Age. Humans started to try language and simple picture drawings
Premechanical
Simple picture drawings are known as
Petroglyphs
paper was created out of
papyrus plant
1-9 system was created by
Indian People
____ years later that the number 0 was invented
775 years
A lot of technology are developed in this era
Mechanical
Beginning of telecommunications.
Electromechanical
Morse code was created by
Samuel Morse
Telephone was created by
Alexander Graham Bell
This age is what we currently live in
Electronic
Vacuum tubes
First Generation
Transistors
Second Generation
Integrated Circuit
Third Generation
Microprocessor
Fourth Generation
Artificial Intelligence
Fifth Generation
