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Timeline of Computer History: 2500 BC The Abacus

The document outlines the timeline of major developments in computer history from 2500 BC to the present. Some of the earliest calculating devices included the abacus from 2500 BC, Napier's Bones invented in 1648, and the slide rule invented in 1633. Significant milestones included the first mechanical calculator developed by Blaise Pascal in 1642, Charles Babbage's Difference Engine in 1822, and Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine in 1890. The five generations of computers are defined from vacuum tubes in the 1940s to today's artificial intelligence systems.

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Timeline of Computer History: 2500 BC The Abacus

The document outlines the timeline of major developments in computer history from 2500 BC to the present. Some of the earliest calculating devices included the abacus from 2500 BC, Napier's Bones invented in 1648, and the slide rule invented in 1633. Significant milestones included the first mechanical calculator developed by Blaise Pascal in 1642, Charles Babbage's Difference Engine in 1822, and Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine in 1890. The five generations of computers are defined from vacuum tubes in the 1940s to today's artificial intelligence systems.

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Timeline of

Computer History
2500 BC The Abacus
 Is the first known
calculating machine used
for counting.
 Mainly used for addition,
subtraction, multiplication
and division.
1648 AD Napier’s Bones
 Invinted by John Napier a
Scottish Mathematician.
 A set of bones consisted of
9 rods; and a constant rod
for the digit ‘0’
1633 AD The Slide Rule
 Invented by Willia,
Oughtred.
 Embodied by a two set of
scales that are joined
together with a marginal
space between them.
1642 AD The Rotating Wheel
Calculator
 First develop by a French
Philosopher, Blaise Pascal.
 This is a prodecessor to
today’s electronic
calculator.
1822 AD The Difference Engine
 Was built by Charles
Babbage, British
Mathematician and
Engineer.
 Babbage is called the
“Father of Today’s
Computer”.
1890 AD Hollerith Tabulating
Machine
 Developed by Herman
Hollerith
 Designed using punched
cards.
1st Generation Vaccum Tube
(1940-1956)  The first generation of
computer used Vacuum
Tubes for circuitry and
magnetic drums for
memory.
 Can solve only one
problem at a time.
2nd Generation Transistors
(1956- 1963)  The second generation of
computers replaced
Vacuum Tubes by
Transistor.
 Used punched cards for
inputs and printout for
output.
3rd Generation Integrated Circuits
(1964-1971)  Transistor were made
smaller in size and placed
on Silicon chips.
 It increases the speed and
efficiency of a computers.
 Can solve many problems
at a time.
4th Generation Microprocessor
(1971- Present)  Thousands of Integrated
circuits were built onto a
single Silicon chip
 Small computers became
more powerful, they could
be linked together to form
networks.
 Which eventually led to a
development of the internet
5th Generation Artificial Intelligence
(Present and  Computers will come close
Beyond) to bridging the gap
between computing and
thinking.

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