Next, came a man that was actually before his time Charles Babbage. Babbage started in 1823 with what was probably the first multi-purpose computing device, the Difference Engine. ... The important concept was that the machines worked in theory but cost, time, and poor technology kept Babbage from completing his machines at first. Then, there was the father son team of George and Edvard Scheutz which built the first practical mechanical computer based on Babbage's work. ... Hollerith used Babbage's idea of using punch cards. ...

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when they were spoken by Charles Babbage (1791-1871). By 1812, Babbage had noticed that mathematics and machine were meant to work with each other. ... Babbage invented his first calculating machine that solved differential equations and dubbed it the "differential machine." ... Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (1815-1842) and daughter of English poet Lord Byron, helped Babbage invent many machines. She was one of the few people that understood the way an engine worked just as well as Babbage did. ...

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It wasn't until 1820 when a Frenchman, Charles Xavier Thomas de Colmar invented a mechanical calculator (the arithometer) that add, subtract, multiply and divide. ... However some past historians have stated that the real beginnings came with Charles Babbage (1791 - 1871). ... By 1812, Babbage noticed a natural harmony between machines and mathematics. ... Babbage's assistant, Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (1815 - 1842) however kept on with Babbage's ideas. ... While Charles Babbage was working on his Difference Engine, another Frenchman by the name of Joseph-Marie Jacq...

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Rich Julius once said " An idiot with a computer is a faster, better idiot" Good morning teachers and my dear friends. I am here to talk to you about some of the advantages of that holy machine adorning your room. The computer. 5000 years ago, the first computer the abacus was made. This device a...

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PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF COMPUTERS Computers are: FUN EXCITING EDUCATIONAL ENTERTAINING ______________________________________________________________________________ ~ PAST ~ "Using Technology in the Classroom" taught me about the history...

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In this report, you"ll about the components and history regarding the computer. A computer is a devise that processes, organize, and calculate, displays information. It can communicate with other computers all over the world. The most powerful computer can perform 10s of billion of calculations per ...

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This device, invented by Charles Napier, consisted of a series of rods that could be used to perform multiplication. ... It was not until 1820 that a mechanical calculator, developed by Charles Xavier Thomas, was introduced that could perform all four basic arithmetic operations. While Thomas was busy creating the desktop calculator, Charles Babbage (a mathematics professor in Cambridge, England), began to design a more complex machine. In 1822, with financial help from the British government, Babbage demonstrated a working model of the Difference Engine. ... In 1890, Census Department emp...

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