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mathematician
It was supposed to be able to add AND
subtract, multiply, divide and calculate square
roots. (There is some debate on this.)
Numbers are displayed
in these windows
It used punch cards to enter instructions
It had MEMORY!
It could store up to 1,000 numbers 50 decimals long
Numbers are
displayed on
these dials
The Electronic Tabulation
Machine
Built by Herman Hollerith for the 1890 U.S.
census
Calculators
Electronic
Notes
The Modern Computer
5 generations long and still growing
“Take the Money and Run.”
In the 1969 movie spoofing prison
movies Woody Allen’s character, Virgil
Starkwell is asked if he has ever used
a high speed digital computer. He
replies:
“Yes, my aunt has one at home.”
Very big
Very hot
Used a lot of electricity
Broke down a lot
But boy…were they cool at the time
1st Generation
The Mark I
Built in the 1930s by a joint team
1940 - 1956
Note
1st Generation
The ENIAC
Built: 1943
1940 - 1956
Note
1st Generation
The ENIAC
Specs:
1940 - 1956
miniaturized and
built onto silicon
chips called
semiconductors
Circuit paths
This
Thischip
chiphas
has~14,000
~14,000
transistors
transistorson
onitit
3rd Generation Integrated Circuits,
Semiconductors and Silicon Discs
A close up of a circuit board.
This is a floppy drive controller
1964 - 1971
3rd Generation OS & Mass Production
Users could interact with 3rd Generation
computers using keyboards and monitors.
1964 - 1971
Note
5th Generation Tomorrow…
Present and Beyond…
Note
Summary
How we HAVE come a long way in a short time
It took approximately 2000 years
before a significant step forward in
computational technology occurred