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Overview of Computer History and Uses

The document discusses the history and uses of computers. It notes that computers originated from the word "compute" and the earliest calculating devices included fingers, pebbles, and abaci. Charles Babbage and Blaise Pascal made important early contributions. Computers are now used for personal, educational, business, and medical purposes. There are different types including desktops, laptops, calculators, and game consoles. While computers have advantages like speed and memory, humans can feel, reason, imagine, and learn in ways that computers cannot. However, excessive computer use can lead to vision problems, physical issues, and health risks from radiation exposure.

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Overview of Computer History and Uses

The document discusses the history and uses of computers. It notes that computers originated from the word "compute" and the earliest calculating devices included fingers, pebbles, and abaci. Charles Babbage and Blaise Pascal made important early contributions. Computers are now used for personal, educational, business, and medical purposes. There are different types including desktops, laptops, calculators, and game consoles. While computers have advantages like speed and memory, humans can feel, reason, imagine, and learn in ways that computers cannot. However, excessive computer use can lead to vision problems, physical issues, and health risks from radiation exposure.

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HISTORY OF COMPUTER
 Computer comes from the word COMPUTE which means to calculate
 Fingers – use to count from 1-10
 Pebbles – can only be use to count small numbers.
 Abacus – the oldest calculating device
 Charles Babbage-father of Computer
 Blaise Pascal-he invented the Pascaline
2. USES OF COMPUTER
 HOME- PERSONAL USE, INTERNET USE, COMMUNICATION, EDUCATIONAL USE, MUSIC, MOVIE,
TELEVISION, ART, GAMES, SOCIAL NETWORKING.
 SCHOOL- TEACHING, ONLINE EDUCATION, SELF LEARNING, WORKUSE
 BUSINESS/Other WORK- ACCOUNTING, WORK USE, LOCAL TAX DATABASE, EMPLOYMENT
INFORMATION, EMAIL FUNCTIONS.
 HOSPITAL – SURGERY, PATIENT MONITORING, DIAGNOSTIC DATABASE.
3. TYPES OF COMPUTERS
 DESKTOP- The Computer you put on your desk
 LAPTOP- Small COMPUTER and easy to carry. We can put it on our laps.
 CALCULATOR- helps us add and subtract numbers quickly.
 PLAY STATION- use to play games
4. HUMANS VS. COMPUTERS
HUMANS
1. Human being have feelings 😊 ☹
2. Have mind extra intelligence
3. Can do work by themselves without any command
4. Can understand the correct and wrong things
5. Can learn and forget thing
COMPUTER
1. It has no feeling 😊 ☹
2. It doesn't have intelligence
3. They follows command
4. Not able to understand correct and wrong things
5. Sharp memory store everything
COMPARISON
1. Computers rely on electricity, whereas humans rely on food.
2. Computers have the potential to increase the speed of their impulse transmission
exponentially as opposed to humans.
3. Computers have a better ability for multitasking.
4. Computers are good at computations and logic, while humans are exemplary in reasoning
and imagination.

5. HARMFUL/NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF COMPUTERS


1. VISION PROBLEMS - EYE STRAIN, BLURRED VISION, DRY EYES

2. PHYSICAL HEALTH ISSUES - HEADACHES, PAIN IN THE WRIST, ARMS, NECK, BACK

3. EXPOSURE TO RADIATION - CANCER, TUMORS, MISCARRIAGE AND BIRTH DEFECTS, HEADACHES AND INSOMNIA.

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