Computer Science 1011A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cobol, Univac, Computer Language
22 Jan 2016
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Ibm 701 was using punch cards (messy but still better method than what was already established. In the 50s, computers started to become in business. Ibm 650 is created (small computer), product which made ibm so popular. Have devices now that can do high level math. Raw data can be changed into information. Businesses are seeing the potential of using electronic devices. Grace hopper basically created computer science (a program of a higher language that compiles its to 1s and 0s for the computer to understand) static) Cobol was the computer language for 40 years, created by her. Computers change much more faster than any other industry (never. Needed something to replace the vacuum tubes. Every tube in the computer are replaced by transistors transistors allowed portability, as tubes disallowed this feature improved on many aspects: smaller, less fragile, not as much heat.
