计算机发展历史文章.pdf

计算机发展历史文章

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TheHistoryofComputing.

Thehistoryofcomputingdatesbacktotheearlydays

ofhumancivilization.Intheancientworld,peopleused

simplemechanicaldevicestoaidincalculations.The

abacus,asimplecountingframe,hasbeenusedfor

centuriestoperformbasicarithmeticoperations.

Inthe17thcentury,theinventionofthemechanical

calculatorbyWilhelmSchickardmarkedasignificantstep

forwardinthedevelopmentofcomputing.Thismachinewas

capableofperformingaddition,subtraction,multiplication,

anddivision.

Inthe19thcentury,CharlesBabbagedevelopedthe

AnalyticalEngine,whichiswidelyregardedasthefirst

general-purposecomputer.Thismachinewascapableof

performingawiderangeofoperations,includinglogical

operationsandconditionalbranching.

Intheearly20thcentury,thedevelopmentof

electroniccomputersbegantoaccelerate.In1943,the

Atanasoff-BerryComputerbecamethefirstelectronic

digitalcomputer.ThismachinewasfollowedbytheENIAC,

whichwasthefirstelectronicgeneral-purposecomputer.

Inthe1950s,thedevelopmentofthetransistorledto

asignificantreductioninthesizeandpowerconsumption

ofcomputers.Thismadeitpossibletocreatesmallerand

morepowerfulcomputers.

Inthe1960s,thedevelopmentoftheintegratedcircuit

ledtoafurtherreductioninthesizeandpower

consumptionofcomputers.Thismadeitpossibletocreate

evensmallerandmorepowerfulcomputers.

Inthe1970s,thedevelopmentofthemicroprocessorled

tothecreationofthefirstpersonalcomputers.These

computersweresmallenoughandaffordableenoughtobe

usedbyindividuals.

Inthe1980s,thedevelopmentofthegraphicaluser

interface(GUI)madecomputerseasiertouse.Thisledtoa

significantincreaseinthepopularityofpersonal

computers.

Inthe1990s,thedevelopmentoftheinternetledtoa

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