| Guide to this Instructor’s Manual We have designed this Instructor’s Manual to supplement and enhance your teaching experience through classroom activities and a cohesive chapter summary Guide 174.48 Kb. 1 | read |
| From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Computer technology" and "Computer system" redirect here. For the company, see Computer Technology Limited. For other uses, see Computer (disambiguation) and Computer system 490.43 Kb. 4 | read |
| Faster, cheaper, and capable of storing more data The history of computing hardware is the record of the ongoing effort to make computer hardware faster, cheaper, and capable of storing more data 124.78 Kb. 1 | read |
| The word computer was first used to describe someone who could perform calculations or computations When it was used to describe a machine that could perform the complicated calculations 6.57 Kb. 1 | read |
| Babbage and Lovelace Thank you for coming to my lecture today. I will be speaking about the mathematicians and computer pioneers Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace 96.18 Kb. 1 | read |
| Milestones in computer architecture The Zeroth generation mechanical computers (1642-1945) The first person to build a working calculating machine was the French scientist Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) 17.57 Kb. 1 | read |
| Why is computer known as data processor? Computer is an electronic device that is capable of making computations and logic decisions at high speeds. It accepts data, stores data, process data according to a set of instructions, and also retrieve the data when required 18.31 Kb. 1 | read |
| The analytical engine In the 1930s or the 1940s? If you think that, you are only off by a hundred years. A computer that was completely modern in conception was designed in the 1830s 100.92 Kb. 2 | read |
| Pre-course material list of topics In contrast, software is information stored by hardware. Software is any set of machine-readable instructions that directs a computer's processor to perform specific operations. A combination of hardware and software forms a usable 1.12 Mb. 8 | read |
| Pascal's calculator Jacquard's loom Babbage's Difference Engine Hollerith's machine electromagnetic relay Where a calculator on the eniac is equipped with 8,000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vacuum tubes and weigh only 1/2 tons 451.15 Kb. 7 | read |