Question

illustrate the history of computers

Answer 1

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A complete history of computing would include a multitude of diverse devices such as the ancient Chinese abacus, the Jacquard loom (1805) and Charles Babbage's ``analytical engine'' (1834). The evolution of digital computing is often divided into generations. ...

Answer 2

History of computer can be considered from arise of human culture (calculation).

Roman's abacus is first device used in B.C for calculation.

In A.D various mechanical device were invented for the calculation like pascaline by Blaise Pascal.

Joseph Jacquard invented loom that is programmed using punched card and Charles Babbage invented two mechanical Analytical engine and difference engine and Hollerith's Census Machines (Tabulating machine ).

Atanasoff Berry Computer (ABC) is a fully digital electronic device used for linear equation.

Howard Aiken (IBM) had designed Mark I (first operational general purpose electro mechanical computer).

John Mauchley and Presper Eckert make the ENIAC (first general purpose digital electronic computer used to compute a ballistic firing.

UNIVAC I was the first commercially successfull computer.

Two era arises Mechanical Era (before 1945) having mechanical device and the electronic era (from 1945) having electronic processing technolog.