BASIC COMPUTER CONCEPTS
HISTORY OF COMPUTERS
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23 years
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14 weeks
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7 years
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3 years
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Detailed explanation-1: -The complete tabulation of the data from the 1880 census had taken seven years, and the 1890 census aimed to collect even more data, leading some to question if the 1890 census would be complete before the next census in…
Detailed explanation-2: -The census began on Monday, August 2, 1790, and was finished within 9 months, under the rules and directions established in an Act of Congress approved March 1, 1790 ( “An Act providing for the enumeration of the Inhabitants of the United States, ” 1 Statutes at Large 101).
Detailed explanation-3: -The 1880 decennial census was taken on five schedules: “Population, ” “Mortality, ” “Agriculture, ” “Social Statistics, ” and “Manufacturing."
Detailed explanation-4: -Since then, censuses have been undertaken uninterruptedly once every ten years.
Detailed explanation-5: -Population Censuses are generally conducted every 10 years and have as primary objective the total enumeration of the population of a country to provide essential information on their spatial distribution, age and sex structure, and other key social and economic characteristics.