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The document discusses the fundamentals of computer knowledge for Punjab patwaris. It covers topics like the history of computers, generations of computers, definitions, types of computers by size, purpose and components. The first section provides a brief history of early calculating devices like the abacus, Napier's Bones and Pascaline. It notes that the first electronic computer, ENIAC, weighed over 27 tons and took up 1,800 square feet. The document then discusses generations of computers and defines a computer as an electronic programmable device that processes data according to variable programs.

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Computer Knowledge: Punjab Patwari

The document discusses the fundamentals of computer knowledge for Punjab patwaris. It covers topics like the history of computers, generations of computers, definitions, types of computers by size, purpose and components. The first section provides a brief history of early calculating devices like the abacus, Napier's Bones and Pascaline. It notes that the first electronic computer, ENIAC, weighed over 27 tons and took up 1,800 square feet. The document then discusses generations of computers and defines a computer as an electronic programmable device that processes data according to variable programs.

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COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE

PUNJAB PATWARI

By: Dikshant Sharma


Syllabus Discussion:
I. Fundamentals of Computers & Networks
II. Working of Mobile Phones & Personal digital Gadgets
III. Introduction to Wireless Technology in day to day Communication
IV. SMS / EMAILs / MESSENGERs
V. Internet, Malware & Cyber Laws
VI. Concepts related to
I. Geo Fencing
II. GPS
VII.MS Word, MS Excel & MS PowerPoint
VIII.Database Management
LECTURE 1 - Scope
I. Brief history
II. Generations of Computers
III. Definition & Working
IV. Types of computers
 By Type
 By Size
 By Purpose
V. Components
 Hardware – Motherboard, CPU, Input, Output & IO Devices
Brief History of Computers
 4000 Years ago – Chinese invented ABACUS (Counting Frame)
• Used to perform addition & subtraction
 Napier's Bones
• Manually-operated calculating device which was invented by John Napier (1550-1617) – It
could perform multiplication & division
 Pascal Calculator or Pascaline
• Arithmetic Machine invented in 1642 by a French mathematician-philosopher Blaise Pascal.
• Pascaline was the first mechanical calculating device with a capability to perform additions
and subtractions on whole numbers
 Analytical Engine
• Developed by Charles Babbage in 1830.
• It was capable of solving any mathematical problem and storing information as a permanent
memory

 The first electronic computer ENIAC weighed more than 27 tons and took up 1800 square feet.
Some Important Facts
 Who was the first person to develop a computer program? – Lady Ada Lavelac
 Father of Computers – Charles Babbage
 Father of Modern Computers – Alan Turing
 World’s First Electronic Computer – ENIAC
 ENIAC was invented by – J P Eckert & J W Mauchly (1946)
 Computer Literacy Day is celebrated on – 2nd December
 India’s first Computer (Made in India) – Siddharth (Manufactured by Electronics
Corporation of India)

 The first electronic computer ENIAC weighed more than 27 tons and took up 1800 square feet.
Generation of Computers

 The First Known Computer Programmer was a Woman – Ada Lovelace


What is a Computer?
DEFINITION –
It is an electronic programmable device for storing and processing data, typically in
binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program.
Types of Computers

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