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History of computing

History of computing. Need for calculations 18-th, 19-th Century Industrial revolution (steam locomotive 1804 Britain, etc.) Examples Pi Arctan. History of computing. Need for calculations 18-th, 19-th Century Industrial revolution (steam locomotive 1804 Britain, etc.) Examples Pi

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History of computing

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  1. History of computing • Need for calculations • 18-th, 19-th Century Industrial revolution (steam locomotive 1804 Britain, etc.) • Examples • Pi • Arctan

  2. History of computing • Need for calculations • 18-th, 19-th Century Industrial revolution (steam locomotive 1804 Britain, etc.) • Examples • Pi • Arctan • Characteristics • Repetitive • Frequent

  3. Charles Babbage (1792-1871)

  4. The difference engine (1820)

  5. The analytical engine (1834)

  6. Joseph-Marie Jacquard: loom using perforated cards to control the weaving pattern

  7. Vanevar Bush (1890-1974) The Differential Analyser

  8. Claude Shannon (1916-2001) & his electromechanical mouse

  9. George Stibitz (1904-1995)

  10. Stibitz’ model K calculator

  11. Konrad Zuse (1910-1995)

  12. Konrad Zuse’s Z1

  13. Reconstructed Z1

  14. Clifford Berry John Vincent Atanasoff

  15. Atanasoff-Berry Computer

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