COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
EVOLUTION OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE
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Charles Babbage
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Herman Hollerith
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Alan Turing
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Blaise Pascal
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Detailed explanation-1: -The calculating engines of English mathematician Charles Babbage (1791-1871) are among the most celebrated icons in the prehistory of computing. Babbage’s Difference Engine No. 1 was the first successful automatic calculator and remains one of the finest examples of precision engineering of the time.
Detailed explanation-2: -It was during this time, 1822 to be exact, when English mathematician, philosopher, and inventor Charles Babbage first introduced the concept of the computer, only he called it the Difference Engine.
Detailed explanation-3: -The first mechanical computer, created by Charles Babbage in 1822, doesn’t resemble what most would consider a computer today.
Detailed explanation-4: -Sir Charles Babbage (26 December 1791 – 18 October 1871) was an English mathematician, analytical philosopher, mechanical engineer and computer scientist. He was the first person to invent the idea of a computer that could be programmed. Unfinished parts of his mechanisms are on display in the London Science Museum.