MICROPROCESSOR AND MICROCONTROLLER

COMPUTER FUNDAMENTAL

ARCHITECTURE OF 8085

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Analytical engine was designed in ____
A
1801
B
1833
C
1890
D
500 BC
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Babbage Analytical Engine, 1833, is considered the first steam-powered computer. Charles Babbage is considered by many to be the ‘Father of the Computer’ and his assistant, Lady Ada Lovelace, the ‘First Computer Programmer’ because she wrote mathematics problems for Babbage’s machines.

Detailed explanation-2: -Charles Babbage (1791-1871) began work on a mechanical computer that he dubbed the Analytical Engine in the mid-1830s.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1830, Charles Babbage designed a machine called the Analytical Engine which he showed at the Paris Exhibition.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1821 Babbage invented the Difference Engine to compile mathematical tables. On completing it in 1832, he conceived the idea of a better machine that could perform not just one mathematical task but any kind of calculation.

Detailed explanation-5: -Charles Babbage (1791-1871), computer pioneer, designed two classes of engine, Difference Engines, and Analytical Engines. Difference engines are so called because of the mathematical principle on which they are based, namely, the method of finite differences.

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