Conventionally, a modern computer consists of at least one processing element, typically

a central processing unit (CPU) in the form of a microprocessor, together with some type
of computer memory, typically semiconductor memory chips. The processing element carries out
arithmetic and logical operations, and a sequencing and control unit can change the order of
operations in response to stored information. Peripheral devices include input devices
(keyboards, mice, joystick, etc.), output devices (monitor screens, printers, etc.), and input/output
devices that perform both functions (e.g., the 2000s-era touchscreen). Peripheral devices allow
information to be retrieved from an external source and they enable the result of operations to be
saved and retrieved.

ccording to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first known use of computer was in a 1613 book
called The Yong Mans Gleanings by the English writer Richard Brathwait: "I haue [sic] read the
truest computer of Times, and the best Arithmetician that euer [sic] breathed, and he reduceth
thy dayes into a short number." This usage of the term referred to a human computer, a person
who carried out calculations or computations. The word continued with the same meaning until
the middle of the 20th century. During the latter part of this period women were often hired as
computers because they could be paid less than their male counterparts. [1] By 1943, most human
computers were women.[2]
The Online Etymology Dictionary gives the first attested use of computer in the 1640s, meaning
'one who calculates'; this is an "agent noun from compute (v.)". The Online Etymology
Dictionary states that the use of the term to mean "'calculating machine' (of any type) is from
1897." The Online Etymology Dictionary indicates that the "modern use" of the term, to mean
'programmable digital electronic computer' dates from "1945 under this name; [in a] theoretical
[sense] from 1937, as Turing machine".[3]
Conventionally, a modern computer consists of at least one processing element, typically
a central processing unit (CPU) in the form of a microprocessor, together with some type
of computer memory, typically semiconductor memory chips. The processing element carries out
arithmetic and logical operations, and a sequencing and control unit can change the order of
operations in response to stored information. Peripheral devices include input devices
(keyboards, mice, joystick, etc.), output devices (monitor screens, printers, etc.), and input/output
devices that perform both functions (e.g., the 2000s-era touchscreen). Peripheral devices allow
information to be retrieved from an external source and they enable the result of operations to be
saved and retrieved.

ccording to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first known use of computer was in a 1613 book
called The Yong Mans Gleanings by the English writer Richard Brathwait: "I haue [sic] read the
truest computer of Times, and the best Arithmetician that euer [sic] breathed, and he reduceth
thy dayes into a short number." This usage of the term referred to a human computer, a person
who carried out calculations or computations. The word continued with the same meaning until
the middle of the 20th century. During the latter part of this period women were often hired as
computers because they could be paid less than their male counterparts. [1] By 1943, most human
computers were women.[2]
The Online Etymology Dictionary gives the first attested use of computer in the 1640s, meaning
'one who calculates'; this is an "agent noun from compute (v.)". The Online Etymology
Dictionary states that the use of the term to mean "'calculating machine' (of any type) is from
1897." The Online Etymology Dictionary indicates that the "modern use" of the term, to mean
'programmable digital electronic computer' dates from "1945 under this name; [in a] theoretical
[sense] from 1937, as Turing machine".[3]
Conventionally, a modern computer consists of at least one processing element, typically
a central processing unit (CPU) in the form of a microprocessor, together with some type
of computer memory, typically semiconductor memory chips. The processing element carries out
arithmetic and logical operations, and a sequencing and control unit can change the order of
operations in response to stored information. Peripheral devices include input devices
(keyboards, mice, joystick, etc.), output devices (monitor screens, printers, etc.), and input/output
devices that perform both functions (e.g., the 2000s-era touchscreen). Peripheral devices allow
information to be retrieved from an external source and they enable the result of operations to be
saved and retrieved.

ccording to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first known use of computer was in a 1613 book
called The Yong Mans Gleanings by the English writer Richard Brathwait: "I haue [sic] read the
truest computer of Times, and the best Arithmetician that euer [sic] breathed, and he reduceth
thy dayes into a short number." This usage of the term referred to a human computer, a person
who carried out calculations or computations. The word continued with the same meaning until
the middle of the 20th century. During the latter part of this period women were often hired as
computers because they could be paid less than their male counterparts. [1] By 1943, most human
computers were women.[2]
The Online Etymology Dictionary gives the first attested use of computer in the 1640s, meaning
'one who calculates'; this is an "agent noun from compute (v.)". The Online Etymology
Dictionary states that the use of the term to mean "'calculating machine' (of any type) is from
1897." The Online Etymology Dictionary indicates that the "modern use" of the term, to mean
'programmable digital electronic computer' dates from "1945 under this name; [in a] theoretical
[sense] from 1937, as Turing machine".[3]
Conventionally, a modern computer consists of at least one processing element, typically
a central processing unit (CPU) in the form of a microprocessor, together with some type
of computer memory, typically semiconductor memory chips. The processing element carries out
arithmetic and logical operations, and a sequencing and control unit can change the order of
operations in response to stored information. Peripheral devices include input devices
(keyboards, mice, joystick, etc.), output devices (monitor screens, printers, etc.), and input/output
devices that perform both functions (e.g., the 2000s-era touchscreen). Peripheral devices allow
information to be retrieved from an external source and they enable the result of operations to be
saved and retrieved.

ccording to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first known use of computer was in a 1613 book
called The Yong Mans Gleanings by the English writer Richard Brathwait: "I haue [sic] read the
truest computer of Times, and the best Arithmetician that euer [sic] breathed, and he reduceth
thy dayes into a short number." This usage of the term referred to a human computer, a person
who carried out calculations or computations. The word continued with the same meaning until
the middle of the 20th century. During the latter part of this period women were often hired as
computers because they could be paid less than their male counterparts. [1] By 1943, most human
computers were women.[2]
The Online Etymology Dictionary gives the first attested use of computer in the 1640s, meaning
'one who calculates'; this is an "agent noun from compute (v.)". The Online Etymology
Dictionary states that the use of the term to mean "'calculating machine' (of any type) is from
1897." The Online Etymology Dictionary indicates that the "modern use" of the term, to mean
'programmable digital electronic computer' dates from "1945 under this name; [in a] theoretical
[sense] from 1937, as Turing machine".[3]
Conventionally, a modern computer consists of at least one processing element, typically
a central processing unit (CPU) in the form of a microprocessor, together with some type
of computer memory, typically semiconductor memory chips. The processing element carries out
arithmetic and logical operations, and a sequencing and control unit can change the order of
operations in response to stored information. Peripheral devices include input devices
(keyboards, mice, joystick, etc.), output devices (monitor screens, printers, etc.), and input/output
devices that perform both functions (e.g., the 2000s-era touchscreen). Peripheral devices allow
information to be retrieved from an external source and they enable the result of operations to be
saved and retrieved.

ccording to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first known use of computer was in a 1613 book
called The Yong Mans Gleanings by the English writer Richard Brathwait: "I haue [sic] read the
truest computer of Times, and the best Arithmetician that euer [sic] breathed, and he reduceth
thy dayes into a short number." This usage of the term referred to a human computer, a person
who carried out calculations or computations. The word continued with the same meaning until
the middle of the 20th century. During the latter part of this period women were often hired as
computers because they could be paid less than their male counterparts. [1] By 1943, most human
computers were women.[2]
The Online Etymology Dictionary gives the first attested use of computer in the 1640s, meaning
'one who calculates'; this is an "agent noun from compute (v.)". The Online Etymology
Dictionary states that the use of the term to mean "'calculating machine' (of any type) is from
1897." The Online Etymology Dictionary indicates that the "modern use" of the term, to mean
'programmable digital electronic computer' dates from "1945 under this name; [in a] theoretical
[sense] from 1937, as Turing machine".[3]