COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS
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PUNCHED CARDS
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VACUUM TUBES
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MICROPROCESSORS
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NONE OF THESE
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Jacquard mechanism, invented by Frenchman Joseph Marie Jacquard and first demonstrated in 1801, simplified the way in which complex textiles such as damask were woven. The mechanism involved the use of thousands of punch cards laced together. Each row of punched holes corresponded to a row of a textile pattern.
Detailed explanation-2: -noun. (in a Jacquard loom) one of a series of perforated cards that control the manipulation of the warp threads and determine the intricate pattern woven on the material.
Detailed explanation-3: -Portrait of Jacquard woven by the Jacquard loom in 1839. This woven silk portrait of the inventor was based on a painting by Claude Bonnefond (1796–1860) commissioned by the city of Lyon in 1831.