BASIC COMPUTER CONCEPTS
HISTORY OF COMPUTERS
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John Napier
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Blaise Pascal
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Howard Aiken
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Charles Babbage
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Detailed explanation-1: -Babbage is sometimes referred to as “father of computing.” The International Charles Babbage Society (later the Charles Babbage Institute) took his name to honor his intellectual contributions and their relation to modern computers.
Detailed explanation-2: -Charles Babbage, who was born in 1791, is regarded as the father of computing because of his research into machines that could calculate. Babbage’s Difference Engine Number 1 was the first device ever devised that could calculate and print mathematical tables.
Detailed explanation-3: -Charles Babbage, (born December 26, 1791, London, England-died October 18, 1871, London), English mathematician and inventor who is credited with having conceived the first automatic digital computer.