The inventors of this computer were John W. It was the ENIAC, which stands for Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer. Then more than a century later in the history of computers, we got our first electronic computer for general purpose. It contained an ALU, some basic flow chart principles and the concept of integrated memory.
And then it 1833 he actually designed an Analytical Engine which was a general purpose computer. Then in 1822, the father of computers, Charles Babbage began developing what would be the first mechanical computer. One of the earliest and well-known devices was an abacus. Since the evolution of humans, devices have been used for calculations for thousands of years. The modern day use of the word is generally to describe programmable digital devices that run on electricity. Women were hired as human computers to carry out all forms of calculations and computations.īy the last part of the 19th century, the word was also used to describe machines that did calculations.
The word was used in the same sense as a noun until the 20th century.
It was first used in the 16th century for a person who used to compute, i.e. The word ‘computer’ has a very interesting origin.
