COMPINTRO: 1.1 - Computer System Fundamentals

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Computer

This refers to a programmable electronic machine designed to automatically accept raw data as input, store and manipulate that data through sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (computations), and process it to produce a desired output.

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Abacus, dated to be 1100 BCE

This refers to the earliest known calculating device.

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Analytic Engine

This refers to the first mechanical computer in the 1830s created by Charles Babbage.

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Ada Lovelace

The world’s first computer programmer in 1843.

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John Bardeen

Walter Brattain

William Shockley

The transistors back in 1947 were invited by which three people?

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Transistors

This refers to a tiny device that significantly increases processing power while simultaneously reducing size and cost.

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1971

When was Intel 4004 released?

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