BASIC COMPUTER CONCEPTS
HISTORY OF COMPUTERS
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He was having tea with his wife when the idea came to him
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He was having dinner when the idea came to him
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He was having lunch with his wife when the idea came to him
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He asked his team for ideas and they came up with it
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Detailed explanation-1: -A teapot is a vessel used for steeping tea leaves or a herbal mix in boiling or near-boiling water, and for serving the resulting infusion which is called tea.
Detailed explanation-2: -The teapot shape contained a number of elements that made it ideal for the graphics experiments of the time: it was round, contained saddle points, had a genus greater than zero because of the hole in the handle, could project a shadow on itself, and could be displayed accurately without a surface texture.
Detailed explanation-3: -The distinctive Utah teapot was born. In Newell’s first paper using the teapot as a demonstration platform, he exhibited several enhancements to realistic rendering: In addition to rendering the plain teapot (top left), he could render it as shiny, patterned, or both.
Detailed explanation-4: -Experts generally agree that the teapot dates back to around 1500 AD, with the emergence of Yixing teapots in China. Using the iconic purple and red clay from Yixing in the eastern province of Jiangsu, potters crafted small individual teapots with the handle and spout design we know today.