Computers

By nabirosh
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    Computer Literacy

  • The Analytical Machine

    The Analytical Machine
    First thought up by Babbage in 1837, but not invented until the 1940s, is basically a giant memory card. Later in his life Babbage had made a small piece of what he had thought up in the late 70s, but wasn’t completed until 1910.

  • Punch Cards

    Punch Cards
    First invented in 1890 as a census a punched card was a piece of thick paper that could be put into a computer to that would physically punch the cards and it would send commands to automate something.

  • ENIAC

    ENIAC
    Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer was made in the mid 1940s to find out German secret codes during World War II, but can also solve many other things with simple reprogramming,

  • Abacus

    Abacus
    This date is actually meant to be in BC, but the website doesn't allow that time period ¯_(ツ)_/¯. History of the Abacus dates back as far as Mesopotamian times around the year 2700-2300 BC, it helped with the simplest of math problems to the most advanced (at the time).