By 1812, Babbage noticed a harmony between machines and mathematics: machines were best at performing tasks repeatedly without mistake, while mathematics often required a repetition of steps. ... It also contained a "mill" with a control unit that allowed processing instructions in any sequence, and output devices to produce printed results. ... The loom used punched boards that controlled the patterns to be woven. ... Both business and government used punch cards for data processing until the 1960's. ... By 1965, most large business routinely processed financial informatio...

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A computer is any device with a  processor and some memory (even a calculator). ... They are responsible for keeping all of the  technology  within the company secure from malicious cyber attacks that often attempt to breach into critical private information or gain control of the internal systems. ... Most of this information is now collected, processed and stored on electronic computers and transmitted across networks to other computers. ... Data must not be changed in transit, and steps must be taken to ensure that data cannot be altered by unauthorized people (for example, in a breach...

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Two Frames drawn by a computer user Frames generated by a computer Modeling Modeling is the process of creating 3D objects from simple 2D objects by lofting, or from other simple 3D objects called primitives. ... Rendering Rendering is the process a computer uses to create an image from a data file. ...

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Machines are very good at performing repeated without mistakes while mathematics especially the production of mathematics tables often required a series of repeated steps. ... While Charles Babbage was working on his Difference Engine, another Frenchman by the name of Joseph-Marie Jacquard invented an automatic loom using punched cards for the control of the patterns in the fabrics. ... Later both businesses and government agencies started to use the punch cards as a means for data processing until the 1960's. ... Which meant, is it impossible to prove that 2+2=5 using a sequence of va...

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At the age of 11 he "wired a sensor into one of the steps" (McCartney) of the staircase leading up to his room. ... This was the birth of "parallel processing" which is the basis of today's supercomputers" (upenn). ... Vacuum tubes were traditionally considered to be unreliable, and with the machine at optimum speed, the chance for a faulty tube to mess up the process was 1.8 billion chances each second. ... While they were working on ENIAC Mauchly and Eckert were already thinking of ways to simplify the process of programming and wiring the machine. ... After their resignation they ...

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Competitive Analysis Industry competitors by product: Gateway, Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, and IBM are Dell's top competitors. Dell sells directly to consumers via the Internet and telephone. Dell's product is build to order computers including desktops, workstations, network servers, and laptops. Del...

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