When asked why their subject is important, historians often say that a study of the past helps to explain many strange and unaccountable aspects of the present. This is certainly true of the history of computing. This chapter is placed here, rather than the customary place at the beginning ...
1、The History of Computer XXX(09级通信一班),Nearly 5,000 years ago the abacus emerged in Asia Minor. The abacus may be considered the first computer. This device allowed its users to make computations using a system of sliding beads arranged on a rack. Early shopkeepers used the abacus ...
The history(历史) of the computerThe first computers were very big. They were the size of a room!They were so big that people didn't put them at home. Early computers could only do simple maths, like a calculator(计算器).In the 1930s, Alan Turing had the idea for a computer that ...
The history of computers Thehistoryofcomputers By:ClaytonNix Thefirstcomputer Thefirstcomputereverproducedwasproduced1946. Thiscomputerwasavacuum-tubebasedcomputer Manyuniversitieshelpedintheefforttoadvancethesecomputerssothatthemilitarycouldbenefitfromthem.ComputerHistory 1954-generalelectricisthefirst...
Remember that buzz word that never seems to vanish completely even though history has proven that the use of computers has until now only lead to an increase in the use of paper? PDF started off on the dream of a paperless office, as the pet project of one of Adobe’s founders, John ...
The history(历史) of the computerThe first computers were very big. They were the size of a room! We're so big that people didn't put them at home. Early computers could do simple maths, like a calculator(计算器). In the 1930s, Alan Turing had an idea for a computer that people...
In this article I take a quick look at the great moments in the history of computers during my lifetime. First written back in 1994 at the dawn of the World Wide Web, this article is updated every few years and over time is building up to become a fascinating look back into computing...
The History of Computers "Who invented the computer?" is not a question with a simple answer. The real answer is that many inventors contributed to the history of computers and that a computer is a complex piece of machinery made up of many parts, each of which can be considered a separa...
The history of computing spans nearly two centuries at this point, much longer than most people realize. From the mechanical computers of the 1800s to the room-sized mainframes of the mid-20th century, all the way up to the netbooks and smartphones of today, computers have evolved radically...
1-3IntroductiontoTheHistoryofComputers Thesecharacteristicsarethatthemachineiselectronic,thatithasastoredprogram,andthatitisgeneralpurpose.这些特性是：电子设备，具有储存的程序,具有通用性。Keywords:general-purposeadj.通用的 1-3IntroductiontoTheHistoryofComputers Oneofthefirstcomputerlikedevices wasdevelopedinGermany...