COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION

DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Analytical Engine is an engine powered by a huge ____engine.
A
petrol
B
diesel
C
steam
D
electrical
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Babbage Analytical Engine, 1833, is considered the first steam-powered computer. Charles Babbage is considered by many to be the ‘Father of the Computer’ and his assistant, Lady Ada Lovelace, the ‘First Computer Programmer’ because she wrote mathematics problems for Babbage’s machines.

Detailed explanation-2: -With 8, 000 parts, the Engine would weigh five tons and measure eleven feet long and seven feet high. Babbage made no attempt to construct the machine.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Analytical Engine, often known as the first computer, was planned and built-in part by Charles Babbage, an English inventor, in the 19th century (he worked on it until he died in 1871).

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