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Computers have been around a lot longer than many people might imagine.

The word
"computer" has changed meaning over decades, but the electronic computer that we think of
in modern times developed throughout the second half of the 20th century. Its popularity as
a household item surged in the 1980s following the arrival of operating systems by Apple
and Microsoft that mixed graphics and text, replacing the text-only systems of the 1970s. By
the 1990s, computers incorporated enhanced communication and multimedia applications
and became an indispensable part of daily life for millions of people.Computers and
electronics play an enormous role in today's society, impacting everything from
communication and medicine to science.Although computers are typically viewed as a
modern invention involving electronics, computing predates the use of electrical devices.
The ancient abacus was perhaps the first digital computing device. Analog computing dates
back several millennia as primitive computing devices were used as early as the ancient
Greeks and Romans, the most known complex of which being the Antikythera mechanism.
Later devices such as the castle clock (1206), slide rule (c. 1624) and Babbage's Difference
Engine (1822) are other examples of early mechanical analog computers. The introduction
of electric power in the 19th century led to the rise of electrical and hybrid electro-mechanical
devices to carry out both digital (Hollerith punch-card machine) and analog (Bush’s
differential analyzer) calculation. Telephone switching came to be based on this technology,
which led to the development of machines that we would recognize as early computers. The
presentation of the Edison Effect in 1885 provided the theoretical background for electronic
devices. Originally in the form of vacuum tubes, electronic components were rapidly
integrated into electric devices, revolutionizing radio and later television. It was in computers
however, where the full impact of electronics was felt. Analog computers Evolution And
History Of Computer used to calculate ballistics were crucial to the outcome of World War II,
and the Colossus and the ENIAC, the two earliest electronic digital computers, were
developed during the war. With the invention of solid-state electronics, the transistor and
ultimately the integrated circuit, computers would become much smaller and eventually
affordable for the average consumer. Today “computers” are present in nearly every aspect
of everyday life, from watches to automobiles.

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