Question

first generation, evolution of hardware and evolution of software​

Answer 1

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The first mechanical computers, starting with Charles Babbage's Difference Engine in 1822, were entirely hardware-based and were programmed with switches and wires. Until the late 1940s, hardware and software were essentially the same things, and to reprogram a computer meant to rewire it, either partially or entirely.