COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS
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Mill
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Bank
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Mile
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Store
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Detailed explanation-1: -The store was to be large enough to hold 1, 000 50-digit numbers; this was larger than the storage capacity of any computer built before 1960. The machine was to be steam-driven and run by one attendant.
Detailed explanation-2: -Analytical Engine is used to calculate the numerical value of trigonometric functions of any formula. Babbage used a series of punch cards for input during the design of analytical engine that are for: arithmetical operations, numerical constants, and load and store operations.
Detailed explanation-3: -Unlike most modern computers, the Analytical Engine represented numbers in signed decimal form. The decision to use base-10 numbers rather than the base-2 logic of most modern computers was the result of a fundamental difference between mechanical technology and digital electronics.