5. Points to think
1. Was there a computer
few hundred years
back?
2. If yes, then How did it
look like?
3. Then what about our
ancestors- what did they
use to count ?
8. 3000 BC ABACUS
• First Known calculating device
• Invented in China
• Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication & Division
Heaven
(2 beads)
Earth
(5 beads)
9. IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
• What is the first known calculating device?
• Where was Abacus invented?
• How many parts is Abacus divided into? And what are they?
• What basic operations can be performed using Abacus?
10. PASCALINE
• Invented by Blaise Pascal
• Also called as ‘Arithmetic Machine’
Used Gears
and Wheels
13. CHARLES BABBAGE
• Considered as ‘Father of Computers’
• Invented a working model of mechanical
computer called Difference Engine (1822)
and Analytical Engine (1833)
Analytical Engine had five units- Input,
Output, Store, Mill and Control.
These units worked like modern
computers.
All the computers which are used
today are based on it.
15. LADY AUGUSTA LOVELACE
• Known for her work on Charles Babbage Analytical
engine.
• She is considered as ‘First Programmer’ who
suggested Binary Data storage (0s and 1’s)
GEORGE BOOLE
• Any problem could be solved by reducing them to a
series of questions having either positive or negative
answers.
• This theory was called BOOLEAN LOGIC -
fundamental principle for designing computer
circuitry.
17. MARK-1
Invented by Howard Aiken
• First automatic sequence controlled calculator.
• It was capable of doing long computations
automatically
18. ENIAC & UNIVAC-1 (1951)
J. PRESPER ECKERT & JOHN MAUCHLY
ENIAC- Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer
UNIVAC- Universal Automatic Computer
ENIAC-Consisted of 18000
vacuum tubes and was 1000
times faster than Mark-I
UNIVAC-This was the first
device which could handle
both numeric and text data.