BASIC COMPUTER CONCEPTS
HISTORY OF COMPUTERS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Howard aiken
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Charles babbage
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The original Mark I weighed five tons and was 50 feet long. It was the brainchild of a Harvard graduate student, Howard Aiken, who designed it in 1937, building on decades-old inspiration from British engineer and inventor Charles Babbage. Aiken shopped the idea around until IBM took interest.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Mark 1’s primary function was to calculate and print sets of numerical tables, lists of solutions to various mathematical operations. The Mark 1 was used almost exclusively by the US Navy.
Detailed explanation-3: -Aiken headed a team of three engineers, including Grace Hopper. The Mark I was completed in 1944. Aiken completed the Mark II, an electronic computer, in 1947. He founded the Harvard Computation Laboratory that same year.