Computer Notes Chapter -3 The Evolution of Computer ! History of Computer ! Abacus ! Pascal's Mechanical Calculator ! Charles Babbage Computer ! The Difference Engine ! The Analytical Engine ! The Mark I Calculator (1937-44) ! The Atanasoff -Berry Computer (1930-42) ! The ENIAC (1943-46) ! The EDVAC (1946-52) ! The EDSAC (1947-49) ! Manchester Man Mark I (1948) ! The UNIVACI (1951)
The Evolution of Computer History of Computer Necessity is the mother of invention The saying holds true for computers also because computers were invented as a result of man's search for fast and accurate calculating devices. Computer history is about 500 years old. The earliest device used for simple calculation is- 1. Abacus: Chinese developed this device. It is also known as "Sorobon" . Abacus seems to be earlies calculating machine Abacus consists of beads, which can move in wires. The wires represented the column. The right most columns represented the unit, the next for ten and so on. Moving the beads at appropriate column represented number. Abacus can perform simple addition addition and subtraction. 2. Pascal's Mechanical Calculator: Blaise Pascal invented t...

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