FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

BASIC COMPUTER CONCEPTS

HISTORY OF COMPUTERS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Difference engine was designed in 1822.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1821 Babbage invented the Difference Engine to compile mathematical tables. On completing it in 1832, he conceived the idea of a better machine that could perform not just one mathematical task but any kind of calculation.

Detailed explanation-2: -Charles Babbage began to construct a small difference engine in c. 1819 and had completed it by 1822 (Difference Engine 0).

Detailed explanation-3: -Difference Engine No. 1, designed to calculate and tabulate polynomial functions. The design describes a machine to calculate a series of values and print results automatically in a table. Integral to the concept of the design is a printing apparatus mechanically coupled to the calculating section and integral to it.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Analytical Engine was a proposed mechanical general-purpose computer designed by English mathematician and computer pioneer Charles Babbage. It was first described in 1837 as the successor to Babbage’s difference engine, which was a design for a simpler mechanical calculator.

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