HISTORY OF THE COMPUTER ARTICLE WRITTEN BY: ADEBOWALE ONIFADE ELECTRICAL ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN NIGERIA REGION 8 HISTORY OF THE COMPUTER ABSTRACT This paper takes a keen look at the history of computer technology with a view to encouraging computer or electrical electronic engineering students to embrace and learn the history of their profession and its technologies. Reedy (1984) quoted Aldous Huxley thus: “that men do not learn very much from the
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HISTORY OF COMPUTER THE PRE-MECHANICAL AGE: 3000 B.C. – 1450 A.D. 1. Writing and Alphabets – Communication First development of signs corresponding to spoken sounds‚ instead of pictures‚ to express words. Around 2000 B.C.‚ Phoenicians created symbols that expressed single syllables and consonants (the first true alphabet) The Greeks later adopted the Phoenician alphabet and added vowels; the Romans gave the letters Latin names to create the alphabet we use today. 2. Paper
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History of Computer Introduction Man’s progress is measured by sophistication of his tools. First‚ he discovered how to control fire. Eventually‚ he invented the wheel. He built boats and earned to harness the wind. As soon as commerce developed in the early societies‚ people recognized the need to calculate and keep track of information. They soon devised simple computing devices and bookkeeping systems to enable them to add‚ subtract‚ and simple record transactions. Today‚ we are witnessing
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Computers in Health Care In all aspects of life—home‚ work‚ socially—a basic understanding of computer operation is by and large a necessity. Even the medical field has become dependent on computers‚ both to record vital patient information‚ but also for billing‚ researching maladies‚ and prescribing medicines. This report takes a look at how and why health care professionals use computers‚ where computers are used in the health care system‚ and how all this new technology is affecting the medical
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How Computers have changed our lives Imagine our life without computers is impossible. The ubiquity of these machines will show our dependence on them incorrigible. Computers were initially used only in the workplace. However‚ it soon became a household name‚ which revolutionized everything from homework to shopping. When computers were supplemented via the Internet‚ which caused a big change in how it worked. It corrected several folds in the long-distance communication. This gave an impetus
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Brewing Company: Bringing the Brand to Light 1. What are the pros and cons of introducing or not introducing Mountain Man Light to the market? Read carefully the case and make a list of the pros and cons of each possible action. Use the following table to summarize your findings. Consider the following points: Introducing Mountain Man Light Not introducing Mountain Man Light Pros Cons 2. Estimate the financial projections of MMBC from 2006-2010 assuming the company decides
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Influence of Computers Most people think that computers are just a modern convenience‚ which is true‚ but when thought about‚ it has influenced almost every part of daily life. Since the inventions of computers‚ they have eased work in almost every section of life including society and in the military. The first computer could be an argument in and of itself. If the definition is a machine for performing calculations‚ then the abacus would be considered the first computer‚ but if the definition
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Computer Systems Individual Assignment Executive Summary This is an analysis study done for the “RAINBOW” digital color lab which is going to be opened soon in Colombo City. The main reason of this analysis is to identify and recommend Computer systems‚ software and peripheral components which will be needed for the employees of the lab for their daily work. Also policies were recommended for security and safety of the computers use‚ Data backup policy and the health and safety of the
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IBA134 Business Statistics OUA Study Period 4 (SP4)‚ 2013 Computer Assignment (Worth 15% of the overall assessment for the unit) Due date: 5pm (QLD time) on Sunday 26‚ January 2014 (Week 9) Instructions: All numerical calculations and graphs/plots should be done using EXCEL. A hard copy of your completed assignment must be submitted electronically with the Griffith OUA Cover Sheet (available in the Assessment section of the unit website) attached as the 1st page of your submission
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COMPUTER REVOLUTION Personal Computers The personal computer revolution was a phenomenon of immense importance in the 1980s. What the average American commonly refers to as a PC‚ or personal computer‚ did not even exist before the 1970s. Mainframe computers had been the norm‚ and they were primarily relegated to business and scientific use. With the dawn of the personal computer all Americans were allowed potential access to computers. As competition and modernization increased‚ issues of cost
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