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a programmable electronic device designed to accept data,perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed,and display the results of these operations
Computer
The First counting device was used by the Primitive people.
They Used Sticks,stones and bones counting tools
performs test on workstation core components such as CPU and memory.
Power On self Test
manage all of software and hardware on the computer
Os
it is built to do ballistic calculations for US military during World War II
ENIAC
2 types of Software
System Software
Application Software
The first used of the word “computer” was recorded in
1613
ancient memory aid device to record and documents, numbers, quantities or even messages.
Tally stick
The history of computers begins with the birth of the abacus which is believed to be the first computer.
Abacus
It was a manually-operated calculating device.
Napier’s Bone
Invented by John Napier(1550-1617) of Merchiston in 1614
Napier’s Bone
It was also the first machine to use the decimal point.
Napier’s Bone
First Computer Programmer
In 1840,Ada Lovelace or Augusta Ada Byron suggests to Babbage that he use the binary
system. She writes programs for the Analytical Engine
The first computer company
was the
Electronic Controls Company.
Founded in 1949 by J. Presper Eckert
and John Mauchly.
invented by William Oughtred in1622.
Slide rule
It was primarily used for multiplication, division, roots, logarithms and trigonometry.
Slide rule
Also known as Arithmetic Machine or Adding Machine.
Pascaline
It was invented between 1642 And 1644 by mathematician-philosopher Blaise Pascal
Pascaline
It is believed that it is the first mechanical and automatic calculator.
Pascaline
developed by German mathematician -philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz In 1673.
Stepped Reckoner or Leibnitz wheel
It was a digital mechanical calculator.The machine that can Add,subtract,multiply and divide automatically.
Stepped Reckoner or Leibnitz wheel
It is a mechanical loom. Invented by Joseph-Marie Jacquard in 1881.It’s an automatic loom controlled by punched cards.
Jacquard Loom
A mechanical calculator invented by Thomas de Colmar in 1820.
Arithmometer
The first reliable,useful, and commercially successful calculating machine.
Arithmometer