BASIC COMPUTER CONCEPTS
HISTORY OF COMPUTERS
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They all use microprocessors to compute and store data
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They all display information on a lit screen
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All are mainly used for military applications
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They all use electricity to represent information
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Detailed explanation-1: -What does a modern tablet computer have in common with Colossus and ENIAC? a. They all use microprocessors to compute and store data.
Detailed explanation-2: -TIM: The computer interprets these electrical signals as a pair of coordinates, one showing up and down, and the other showing left and right. An animation shows a mouse arrow moving.
Detailed explanation-3: -Computer networks enable the usage and sharing of any number of applications and services, including emails, video, audio and plenty of other types of data, over the internet. Network devices use a variety of protocols and algorithms to specify exactly how endpoints should transmit and receive data.
Detailed explanation-4: -The first mechanical computer, The Babbage Difference Engine, was designed by Charles Babbage in 1822. The ABC was the basis for the modern computer we all use today. The ABC weighed over 700 pounds and used vacuum tubes. It had a rotating drum, a little bigger than a paint can, that had small capacitors on it.