3. What is a computer?
Monitor
Floppy Disk DriveSystem Unit
Keyboard
CD-ROM /
DVD-ROM Drive
Mouse
A computer is an electronic machine that accepts information
(Data), processes it according to specific instructions, and
provides the results as new information.
4. Charles Babbage (1791-1871)
The Father of Computers
Charles Babbage is recognized today as the Father of
Computers because his impressive designs for the
Difference Engine and Analytical Engine
foreshadowed the invention of the modern electronic
digital computer
5. Charles Babbage
English inventor
1791-1871
Taught math at
Cambridge University
Invented a viable
mechanical computer
equivalent to modern
digital computers
8. Babbage’s second computer
Analytical engine
general-purpose
used binary system
punched cards as input
branch on result of
previous instruction
Ada Lovelace (first
programmer)
machined parts not
accurate enough
never quite completed
9. 2nd Generation 1955-1963
Transistors
Memory - magnetic core
Assembly language
Printers and memory
Programming languages
Careers
10. 1962 – First computer game
& word processor
Steve Russell at MIT invents
Spacewar, the first
computer game running on
a DEC PDP-1.
Because the PDP-1 had a
typewriter interface, editors
likeTECO (Text Editor and
Corrector) were written for
it.
Steve Piner and L. Peter
Deutsch produced the first
“word processor” called
ExpensiveTypewriter (MIT's
PDP-1 cost $100,000).
21. Two Inventions that changed
the way computers are built!!
961
The IC revolutionized the
entire electronic technology.
Ex: The Pentium Processor
contains 3.1 Million Transistors
in 1.5 inch square!
2- The (IC) Integrated Circuit