Timeline of The Evolution of The Computer
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Abacus (400 B.C.): The abacus was used as a mechanical counting device.
to track numbers. Evidence of the use of the abacus
arise in the comments of ancient Greek writers. For example, Demosthenes
(384-322 B.C.) wrote about the necessity of using stones to carry out
difficult calculations to perform mentally. Another example is the calculation methods
found in the comments of Herodotus (484-425 BC), who speaks of the
Egyptians said: 'The Egyptians move their hand from right to left in the
calculations, while the Greeks do it from left to right.
Calculator clock (1623): Through completely mechanical methods, the clock
calculator could perform arithmetic operations: divide, multiply, subtract, and add.
Slide rule (1630): The slide rule was a mechanical calculator, the
the instrument can perform complex operations, such as extracting roots or
trigonometric operations.
Pascalina (1640): It was the first calculator that operated based on wheels and
gears.
Jacquard Loom (1801): It is a mechanical loom that used punched cards to
to manage to weave patterns in the fabric.
Differential machine (1820): It is a mechanical device for calculating
and print function tables.
Analytical machine (1835): The analytical machine is the design of a computer.
general use modern.
Turing machine (1936): The Turing machine is not designed as a
practical computing technology, but as a hypothetical device that
represents a computing machine.
Tabulating machine (1890): It is one of the first machines applied in
computer science. It was used to tabulate the census of that year in the United States.
Atanasoff Berry Computer (1937): It was the first electronic and digital computer.
automatic that was used with numbers and letters. It had binary logic and valves
electronics, its mission was simply to solve systems of linear equations.
Z1 (1938): The Z1 is considered the first electromechanical computer.
programmable in the world. Konrad Zuse tried to build a mechanical calculator
based on the binary system that operated with electricity and with the possibility of
be able to program it. However, she only managed to create a prototype and that
it never worked correctly.
Colossus Machine (1944): The Colossus machines were the first devices
electronic calculators used to read encrypted communications.
Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (1946): it was one of the first
general-purpose computers. It was Turing-complete, digital, and susceptible to
to be reprogrammed to solve 'a wide range of numerical problems'.
Universal Automatic Computer I (1951): It was the first computer
commercial use, the UNIVAC I was the first computer designed for use in
administration and business (that is, for the quick execution of large amounts
of relatively simple arithmetic operations and data transfer, unlike
of the complex numerical calculations required by scientific computers).
Microchip (1958): Jack Kilby conceived the first electronic circuit whose
components were arranged in a single piece of material. The Microchip
it allowed to reduce the size of any electronic device.
PDP-1 (960): It is considered the first mini computer in history. It was used in
the first works of time-sharing operating systems.
IBM S/360 (1964): The large mainframe computers such as the System/360
storage and processing capabilities were increased. The IBM 360 is
one of the first commercial computers that used integrated circuits, and that
I could perform both numerical analyses and management and/or tasks.
file processing.
HP-2116 (1966): Hewlett-Packard entered the computer business
general purpose, providing computing power previously found only
on much larger computers. It supported a wide variety of languages,
among them BASIC, ALGOL, and FORTRAN.
Data General Nova (1969): It was a series of 16-bit minicomputers manufactured.
The Nova had enough power to perform simple computing tasks.
The Nova became very popular in scientific laboratories around the world.
Supercomputer ILLIAC IV (1971): One of the series of research machines,
was characterized by a quite high level of parallelism with up to 256 processors,
I used to allow the machine to work on large datasets in what is most
later it would be known as vector processing.
TV typewriter (1973): It was a video terminal that could display on a
standard television 2 pages of 16 lines with 32 characters in uppercase each.
Sinclair ZX80 (1980): It was a personal computer. It was sold as a kit,
buyers had to assemble it and weld the pieces, and for a price
slightly higher, a pre-assembled version for those who did not want
assemble it themselves.
Conclusion:
The emergence of computers has had a great impact on our
society since its emergence when a computer was of enormous size and
its access or use was extremely complicated, over time this became
changing too quickly and each of the components of this has
is modifying and evolving to achieve a greater and better organization
Some examples of these evolutions are the different processors.
The development of technologies is having a great influence on everyone
In the fields of medicine, results can be delivered more quickly, and procedures can be performed.
complicated operations and with quicker recovery. In education, it is understood that
access to information that was previously difficult to research. In the offices, they do more
agile the work as it can be reviewed and corrected before presenting the works, and
so everything has changed to facilitate and have better results with the use of the
computer.
