EvolutionofComputingTools計算工具演化.pptVIP

(1886) Mechanical Calculators Computer Age The first computers were people! Computer was originally a job title: it was used to describe those human beings (predominantly women) whose job it was to perform the repetitive calculations required to compute such things as navigational tables, tide charts, and planetary positions for astronomical almanacs. ENIAC: the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator Completed in 1946, he first vacuum tube-based computer, has 18,000 vacuum tubes and takes up 1,800 square feet of space. Considered to be the first true computer Computer Punch