History of computing

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History of computing

• Need for calculations
• 18-th, 19-th Century Industrial revolution (steam
  locomotive 1804 Britain, etc.)
• Examples
• Pi
• Arctan

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History of computing

• Need for calculations
• 18-th, 19-th Century Industrial revolution (steam
  locomotive 1804 Britain, etc.)
• Examples
• Pi
• Arctan
• Characteristics
• Repetitive
• Frequent

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Charles Babbage (1792-1871)
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The difference engine (1820)
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The analytical engine (1834)
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Joseph-Marie Jacquard loom using perforated
cards to control the weaving pattern
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Vanevar Bush (1890-1974)
The Differential Analyser
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Claude Shannon (1916-2001) his
electromechanical mouse
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George Stibitz (1904-1995)
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Stibitz model K calculator
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Konrad Zuse (1910-1995)
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Konrad Zuses Z1
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Reconstructed Z1
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Clifford Berry
John Vincent Atanasoff
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Atanasoff-Berry Computer