Computer history

By 18morgann

  • Pascaline

    One of the first mechanical devices (addition)

  • Stepped reckoner

    Mult, divide, add, subtract, and calculate square roots

  • Difference machine

    calculate numbers to the 20th place and then print them at 44 digits per minute

  • Analytical machine

    perform a variety of calculations by following a set of instructions, or program, stored on punched cards.

  • Tabulating machine

    Used for the census, gender,age, height

  • Universal machine

    Being able to change programs

  • Machine language

    Usually binary at the time

  • Atanasoff-Berry Computer

    Used binary, 1s and 0s

  • ENIAC

    Originaly used to product trojectory of missles

  • Mark 1

    Displayed info on punched cards. Relayed switches

  • CPU

    Control all functions of computer (stored info)

  • EDVAC AND EDSAC

    Used to solve problems by entering instructions

  • Transistor

    Used to replace vacuum tubes

  • UNIVAC

    Used computer language c-10

  • Model650

    One of the more smaller computers at the time (expensive)

  • BASIC

    uses an interpreter, rather than a compiler, to translate code into instructions that run on a computer.

  • Integrated circuits

    Could let the computer receive info faster

  • System 360

    One of the first computers to use a integrated circuit

  • Microprocessor

    Entire CPU on a chip

  • OOP

    create modules that can be used over and over again in a variety of programs.