OVERVIEW

A. History of Computer
B. Computer Generations
A. History of
Computer
 Abacus – the first
mam made
computing device.
the word calculate is
derived from Latin
word “calculus”
Small stone
Aside from abacus,

Early man also

invented
“numbering
systems”
NUMBERING SYSTEM

one is the decimal

numbering system
traceable to early Hindu
– Arabic influence
 1600 - 1900
Blaise Pascal - a French
mathematician invented
the adding machine in
1642
Blaise Pascal – used
wheels to move the
counters.
 Gottfried Wilhelm Von
Leibnitz – made
improvements on Pascal’s
machine in 1674.
 It was possible for the
machine to divide and
multiply as easy as it
could add and subtract
 Joseph Jacquard– a
Frenchman who invented
the mechanical loom in
1890.
mechanical loom
with the use of cards
punched with holes, it was
possible for the loom to
weave fabrics in a variety of
patterns
Charles Babbage – an English
mathematician for saw a machine
that can perform all mathematical
calculations, stores values in its
memory and perform logical
function. He calls it the
Analytical Engine. (1890)
Analytical Engine –
It was never built,
it lacks one thing
- electronics
 Herman Hollerith –
then working with the
Census Bureau invented
the Hollerith Code.
 Hollerith Code –
became the basis of
modern data
processing
 Census data were translated into a
series of holes in a punched card to
represents the digits and the letters of
the alphabets. It was then passed
through a machine with a series of
electrical contacts that were either
turn on or off depending on the
existence of holes in the punch cards.
 in 1911 the company that
manufactured Hollerith’s
machine merged with its
competitors to form IBM
(International Business Machine)
 1900 - 1945
In 1937, Howard Aiken –
of Harvard University
thought that technology
during that time was then
right for Babbage concept.
In 1944, with the combined
efforts of his colleagues in
Harvard and IBM, the
MARK I was finished.
Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator
 MARK I could perform
division, multiplication,
addition and subtraction in a
specified sequence determined
by the setting of the switches.
 Can typed its answer on a
typewriter connected to it or on
punched cards after a few
seconds. It contains more than
3000 electronic relays and
weighed 5 tons.
 In another university -
University of Pennsylvania, a
team composed of John P.
Eckert and John W.
Mauchly was used for 15 years.
 Joseph Jacquard– a
Frenchman who invented
the mechanical loom.
 Joseph Jacquard– a
Frenchman who invented
the mechanical loom.
 END

BE READY FOR A
SHORT QUIZ
 1. What is the first
calculating devices?
 2. It is considered as
the mechanical analog
computer?
 3. Who invented
Pascaline machine?
 4. Who invented
‘Difference Engine’?
5. Who is the ‘Father of
Computer’?
6. Where does the word
‘calculate’ derived?
 7. Who made
improvements on
Pascal’s machine?
8. Joseph Jacquard a
Frenchman invented
the mechanical
________ in 1890.
9. Herman Hollerith –
then working with the
Census Bureau
invented the Hollerith
_________
 11 – 15
What is your ICT
teacher’s name.
First name
Middle Initial
Surname
 ANSWERS
1. ABACUS
2. SLIDE RULE
3. BLAISE PASCAL
4. CHARLES BABBAGE
5. CHARLES BABBAGE
 6. CALCULUS
7. GOTTFRIED WILHELM VON
8. LEIBNITZ
9. LOOM
10. CODE

GRACE L. VENTURA