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The start of the modern science that we call "Computer Science" can be traced back to a long ago age where man still dwelled in caves or in the forest, and lived in groups for protection and survival from the harsher elements on the Earth. ... " The analytical engine was a real parallel decimal computer which would operate on words of 50 decimals and was able to store 1000 such numbers. ... In 1941, Konrad Zuse(*), a German who had developed a number of calculating machines, released the first programmable computer designed to solve complex engineering equations. ...
By the late 1930s punched-card machine techniques had become so well established and reliable that Howard Aiken, in collaboration with engineers at IBM, undertook construction of a large automatic digital computer based on standard IBM electromechanical parts. ... Although the Mark I used IBM rotating counter wheels as key components in addition to electromagnetic relays, the machine was classified as a relay computer. ...
Turings purpose was not to invent a computer, but rather to describe problems which are logically possible to solve. ... ENIAC (Electrical Numerical Integrator and Computer) used a word of 10 decimal digits instead of binary ones like previous automated calculators/computers. ... ENIAC is generally acknowledged to be the first successful high-speed electronic digital computer (EDC) and was productively used from 1946 to 1955. ...
In 1945, mathematician John von Neumann undertook a study of computation that demonstrated that a computer could have a simple, fixed structure, yet be able to execute any kind of computation given properly programmed control without the need for hardware modification. ... The all-purpose computer memory became the assembly place in which parts of a long computation were stored, worked on piecewise, and assembled to form the final results. The computer control served as an errand runner for the overall process. ...
EDVAC (Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer) was to be a vast improvement upon ENIAC. ... Their idea was to have the program for the computer stored inside the computer. ...
In the 1950s,two devices would be invented which would improve the computer field and cause the beginning of the computer revolution. ... Thousands of hackers could now aspire to own their own personal computer. ...
The Altair was not designed for your computer novice. ... BASIC was designed to provide an interactive, easy method for upcoming computer scientists to program computers. ...
In 1958, a group of computer scientists met in Zurich and from this meeting came ALGOL--ALGOrithmic Language. ...
In the late 1960s, a Swiss computer scientist, Niklaus Wirth, would release the first of many languages. ...
Following the introduction of the Altair, a veritable explosion of personal computers occurred, starting with Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak exhibiting the first Apple II at the First West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco. ... This was a home computer manufactured Tandy Radio Shack. ... With the introduction of the disk drive, personal computer applications took off as a floppy disk was a most convenient publishing medium for distribution of software. ... The PC was the first computer designed for the home market which would feature modular design so that pieces could easily be added to the architecture. Most of the components, surprisingly, came from outside of IBM, since building it with IBM parts would have cost too much for the home computer market. ... Apple released the first generation Macintosh, which was the first computer to come with a graphical user interface(GUI) and a mouse. The GUI made the machine much more attractive to home computer users because it was easy to use. ... The average computer a person might have in their home is more powerful by several orders of magnitude than a machine like ENIAC. The computer revolution has been the fastest growing technology in mans history.
Approximate Word count = 4157
Approximate Pages = 16.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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