Computer Applications in

Business
B.Com. Part 1st
Lecture No.5
Instructor Name: Imran Kashif
Govt. Sadiq College of Commerce,
Bahawalpur.
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Today’s Lecture Topic
History of Computer…
Hollerith Desk

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 Important Features of
Hollerith Desk
An American statistician Herman Hollerith
developed a tabulating machine in late 1880s
known as Hollerith desk.
It was used in American census.
It had a card reader that could count and
display the result.

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Mark 1 Computer

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 Important Features of
Mark 1 Computer
Mark I was designed in 1944 by a Harvard
graduate student, Howard H. Aiken to solve
advanced mathematical physics problems
encountered in his research.

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The ENIAC

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 Important Features of
ENIAC
ENIAC stands for Electrical Numerical Integrator and
Calculator.
 It was the first general purpose computer.
It was designed by john William Mauchly and John
Eckert in 1946.
It was very heavy and large in size.
It consumed a large amount of power.
It could perform about 50000 additions per second.
EDVAC also invented by these two persons was an
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UNIVAC

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 Important Features of
UNIVAC
UNIVAC stands for UNIVersal Automatic Computer.
Invented in 1951
First computer that was commercially produced for
general use.
It was initially built for the U.S. Census Bureau.
UNIVAC was the first computer to handle both
numerical and textual information.

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IBM 650

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 Important Features of
IBM 650
It was developed by IBM in 1955
It could read data from punched cards and
magnetic tapes.
It could perform calculations in milliseconds.
A machine developed for "ordinary business” went
on to become the most popular computer of the
1950s.

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IBM PC

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 Important Features of
IBM PC
It was introduced by IBM in 1981.
It was small and fast computer..
It was based on the Intel 8088 processor.
At that time, Disk Operating System was used in it.

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