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Early Computers

Early Computers. Charles Babbage: Analytical Engine 1837. First Fully-automatic Calculating Machine. A small section of the type of mechanism employed in Babbage's Difference Engine. . (IEEE 2002 in Kopplin 2002).

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Early Computers

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  1. Early Computers

  2. Charles Babbage: Analytical Engine 1837

  3. First Fully-automatic Calculating Machine

  4. A small section of the type of mechanism employed in Babbage's Difference Engine. (IEEE 2002 in Kopplin 2002)

  5. KonradZuse The Z1, was built between 1936 and 1938 in his parents sitting room (Kopplin 2002)

  6. ENIAC (1946) was built and used for military purposes by the US Army during the Second World War

  7. ENIAC: 167 square meters of floor space

  8. Originally, it was hoped that computers would replace the need for women in the workplace. The women ended up running them!

  9. Women were also the programmers

  10. UNIVAC

  11. ILLIAC II - University of Illinois

  12. Image References Goldstine, Herman H. (1972) ENIAC. Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC Accessed 25 April 2012 Science Museum Group.(2012) Babbage's Analytical Engine. http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects/computing_and_data_processing/1878-3.aspx Accessed 25 April 2012

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