Computing History (Leaving Cert Computer Science): Flashcards
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Abacus purpose
Abacus purpose
Perform arithmetic operations like addition
Difference Engine creator & year
Difference Engine creator & year
Charles Babbage, 1822
Difference Engine significance
Difference Engine significance
First mechanical computer
Analytical Engine programmed using
Analytical Engine programmed using
Punched cards
Analytical Engine device type
Analytical Engine device type
General-purpose computing device
First computer programmer
First computer programmer
Ada Lovelace
Babbage's nickname for Ada Lovelace
Babbage's nickname for Ada Lovelace
Enchantress of Numbers
Turing Machine nature
Turing Machine nature
Theoretical model of computation
4 components of Turing Machine
4 components of Turing Machine
Tape, Head, State Register, Instructions
Electromechanical computers time period
Electromechanical computers time period
1930s-1950s
Vacuum tubes replaced
Vacuum tubes replaced
Electromechanical relays
Transistors invented year
Transistors invented year
1947
Transistor device type
Transistor device type
Semiconductor device
Microprocessors also known as
Microprocessors also known as
CPUs
ARPANET was the first
ARPANET was the first
Wide-area packet-switched network