MICROPROCESSOR AND MICROCONTROLLER

COMPUTER FUNDAMENTAL

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
I was known as the father of computing. I am ____
A
Blaise Pascal
B
Herman Hollerith
C
Marie Jaquard
D
Charles Babbage.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Charles Babbage KH FRS (/ˈbæbɪdʒ/; 26 December 1791 – 18 October 1871) was an English polymath. A mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, Babbage originated the concept of a digital programmable computer. Babbage is considered by some to be “father of the computer".

Detailed explanation-2: -Babbage is sometimes referred to as “father of computing.” The International Charles Babbage Society (later the Charles Babbage Institute) took his name to honor his intellectual contributions and their relation to modern computers.

Detailed explanation-3: -Charles Babbage, who was born in 1791, is regarded as the father of computing because of his research into machines that could calculate. Babbage’s Difference Engine Number 1 was the first device ever devised that could calculate and print mathematical tables.

Detailed explanation-4: -English mathematician and inventor Charles Babbage is credited with having conceived the first automatic digital computer. During the mid-1830s Babbage developed plans for the Analytical Engine. Although it was never completed, the Analytical Engine would have had most of the basic elements of the present-day computer.

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