CS 008 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: E-Book, Analytical Engine, Punched Card
10 Apr 2018
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Chapter 1: 1. 1 : a brief history. In the 1900"s, engineers discovered that switches could either turn things on or of, and thus, many computers were littered with switches. If the switch was on 1, it was on, and if it was on 0 it was of. Moore"s law : engineers reduced the size of switches. Computer chip : coin-sized device that held an entire computer (1940"s) The agricultural age : farming and agriculture goods, lasted thousands of years. The industrial age : 1700"s, work started turning towards manufactured goods. The information age: 1900"s , work transitioned from manual labor to more computerized information: 1. 2 : historical figures in computing. 19th century : joseph marie jacquard : in 1804, he invented the weaving loom. Monday, april 9, 2018: charles babbage : father of the computer , created the. Also used punched cards to work: ada lovelace : rst computer programmer, translated.
