NATS 1700 Lecture Notes - Intel 4004

• School: York University
• Department: Natural Science
• Course: NATS 1700
• Professor: Zbigniew Stachniak

Document Summary

Lecture 1 notes - computing and society: a gentle introduction. Computing is a good example of the continuous interaction between inventing and the forces of cultural, social, economic, technological, and political change. Until the birth of the mechanical calculator industry in the 19th century, the business of advancing calculation methods was being taken care of by mathematically inclined individuals exclusively. Pascal calculator created by roberto guatelli (1978) The first mechanical calculators started to show up in 16th century. Mathematical tables were used to ease calculation, verification, selection, categorization, and extraction of data. They became manufactured in large quantities and varieties. (18th & 19th century) Mechanical calculators of the 19th century were inexpensive. The arrival of computers in the 20th century was demanded because there was a need to automatically perform operations that were much more complex than those that could be done on calculators.