BASIC COMPUTER CONCEPTS
HISTORY OF COMPUTERS
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Detailed explanation-1: -How were computers in the 1950s and 1960s different from computers of today? They were bigger and slower.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the 1950s, computers were primarily viewed as tools for solving complex math problems, and most people saw the computer as a calculator.
Detailed explanation-3: -SAGE was the largest computer project in the world during the 1950s. It remained in service until January 1984, when it was replaced with a next-generation air defense network.
Detailed explanation-4: -The term “computer", in use from the early 17th century (the first known written reference dates from 1613), meant “one who computes": a person performing mathematical calculations, before electronic computers became commercially available.