1 HOW DID THE MOST IMPORTANT, MOST BENEFICIAL, AND PERHAPS MOST

2 CIVILIZING INVENTION OF MANKIND COME ABOUT? WE REFER TO A COMPUTER,

3 AS AN EXTRAORDINARY MACHINE WITH MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS. AS AN
4 ELECTRICAL MACHINE WAS BUILT IN ENORMOUS DIMENSIONS AND DESIGNED
5 BY HUMANS TO PERFORM CALCULATIONS VERY DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE FOR A
6 HUMAN BEING AND HANDLE LARGE AMOUNTS OF USEFUL INFORMATION FOR
7 ITS STORAGE AND LATER USE. THE TECHNOLOGY WAS INITIALLY AVAILABLE
8 ONLY TO LARGE BUSINESS CORPORATIONS THAT COULD AFFORD ITS HIGH
9 ACQUISITION PRICES AND PROVIDE SUITABLE FACILITIES WITH TEMPERATURES
10 BETWEEN 22 DEGREES CENTIGRADE AND HIGHLY PURIFIED AIR. MAKING ITS
11 OPERATIVE MAINTENANCE COSTLY. IN HUMANITY, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY
12 REASONS AND DAILY SITUATIONS THAT DRIVE US TO QUANTIFY THE WORLD
13 AROUND US; WHICH LED TO THE IMPERATIVE SEARCH FOR A METHOD OF
14 CALCULATION, TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE WHOLE THAT AND CALCULATE ALL,
15 TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE HAVE ABOUT SOME, AND HOW MUCH WE NEED TO DO
16 SOME. BY THE WAY, “CALCULATION” COMES FROM THE LATIN “CALCULUS” AND
17 MEANS “STONES” AND THE ETYMOLOGY GOES BACK TO SMALL STONES USED
18 AS COUNTERS. AND THE WORD “COMPUTARE,” MEANS TO THINK IN RELEVANT
19 INFORMATION. IN OLD TIMES, BEFORE THE NAME 'COMPUTER' WAS ATTRIBUTED
20 TO A PROGRAMMABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, A COMPUTER WAS A PERSON WHO
21 DID CALCULATIONS LIKE AN ACCOUNTING MANAGER. SO, IN 1937 (NINETEEN
22 THIRTY-SEVEN YEARS) WAS BORN ONE OF THE FIRST COMPUTERS CALLED A
23 “COMPUTER” WAS THE “ABC” ATANASOFF–BERRY COMPUTER. THIS
24 ELECTRONIC MACHINE WAS BUILT BY IOWA STATE COLLEGE IN THE USA.
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26 how did the most important, most beneficial, and perhaps most
27 civilizing invention of mankind come about? we refer to a computer,
28 as an extraordinary machine with multiple applications. as an
29 electrical machine was built in enormous dimensions and designed
30 by humans to perform calculations very difficult to achieve for a
31 human being and handle large amounts of useful information for
32 its storage and later use. the technology was initially available
33 only to large business corporations that could afford its high
34 acquisition prices and provide suitable facilities with temperatures
35 between 22 degrees centigrade and highly purified air. making its
36 operative maintenance costly. in humanity, there have been many
37 reasons and daily situations that drive us to quantify the world
38 around us; which led to the imperative search for a method of
39 calculation, to take control of the whole that and calculate all,
40 to know how much we have about some, and how much we need to do
41 some. by the way, “calculation” comes from the latin “calculus” and
42 means “stones” and the etymology goes back to small stones used
43 as counters. and the word “computare,” means to think in relevant
44 information. in old times, before the name 'computer' was attributed
45 to a programmable electronic device, a computer was a person who
46 did calculations like an accounting manager. so, in 1937 (nineteen
47 thirty-seven years) was born one of the first computers called a
48 “computer” was the “abc” atanasoff–berry computer. this
49 electronic machine was built by iowa state college in the usa.