FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

Detailed explanation-1: -The memory of the Analytical Engine, the store, (or RAM today) was able to store around 675 bytes of data (“Babbage Analytical Engine…”). The average smartphone today can store around 4, 000, 000, 000 bytes of data. Computers also measure their speeds by clock cycles per second, measured in Hertz.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Analytical Engine The Engine had a ‘Store’ where numbers and intermediate results could be held, and a separate ‘Mill’ where the arithmetic processing was performed. It had an internal repertoire of the four arithmetical functions and could perform direct multiplication and division.

Detailed explanation-3: -Although Babbage never built the whole machine, the analytical engine is generally considered the precursor to the modern computer. It used a punch card programing system and had a processing unit to do calculations as well as a short-term memory bank to store working data.

Detailed explanation-4: -As with the Difference Engine, the project was far more complex than anything theretofore built. The store was to be large enough to hold 1, 000 50-digit numbers; this was larger than the storage capacity of any computer built before 1960. The machine was to be steam-driven and run by one attendant.

Detailed explanation-5: -Unlike most modern computers, the Analytical Engine represented numbers in signed decimal form. The decision to use base-10 numbers rather than the base-2 logic of most modern computers was the result of a fundamental difference between mechanical technology and digital electronics.