COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION

DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
He was the founder of of the International Business Machines (IBM).
A
Charles Babbage
B
Blaise Pascal
C
Howard Aiken
D
Hernan Hollerith
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Howard Hathaway Aiken (March 8, 1900 – March 14, 1973) was an American physicist and a pioneer in computing, being the original conceptual designer behind IBM’s Harvard Mark I computer.

Detailed explanation-2: -Howard Hathaway Aiken (1900-1973) was a major figure of the early digital era. He is best known for his first machine, the IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator or Harvard Mark I, conceived in 1937 and put into operation in 1944.

Detailed explanation-3: -Harvard Mark I/IBM ASCC The electromechanical Harvard Mark I was powered by a 50-foot rotating shaft. It was the brainchild of Howard Aiken, but built by IBM, whose chairman Thomas J.

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