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Why Learn This Stuff?

Indispensable Technology
Buying a PC
Do it Yourself
Learn Latest stuf
Be able to talk to Friends & Grandchildren
Favorite Pastime - Millions of Activities
Gyansagar Google
Explore more about your hobbies cooking,
dancing, reading, singing, gardening, health
& Fitness
In short - Its Fun

Uses of a Computer

Simplification of Work Calculations

Write, Design, Paint
Database Management
Spreadsheets
Word Processing
Presentations
Communication
Finance
Education
Entertainment Movies, Music, Games
News and Information

OBJECTIVES

Learn Computer Terminologies & Components

Why a computer is a powerful tool
Diference Between Hardware and Software
Understanding Computer
Recognize the diference between installing
and running a program
Discuss computer applications in society
Practical use and basics of Computer

Tips for Beginners

Explore Your Computer

Mistakes wont Kill You
EDIT/ UNDO is your Friend
Be persistent
Have patience
Apply what you Learn
Dont try to learn too fast
Have Fun

Your Best Friend!

What is a Computer?
Computer.. Latin word.. Compute

A device that computes, especially a

programmable electronic machine that
performs high-speed mathematical or
logical operations or that assembles,
stores, correlates, or otherwise
processes information.
Performs computations and makes logical decisions
Millions / billions times faster than human beings
Smart Machine for Smarter Life!

History Of
Computers

Mechanical Computers
Around 3000 B.C, the Mesopotamians formed
a bead-and-wire counting machine, which now
we call as abacus.
The Abacus which we use today, was
improved in China. It is available in many
cultures (China, Mesopotamia, Japan,
Greece, Rome, etc.)
Napiers Logs and Bones OR Slide Rule
invented in 1662
In 1642, Blaise Pascal (French
mathematician, physicist, philosopher) invented
a mechanical calculator called the Pascaline
OR Adding Machine doing additions &
subtractions
In 1671, Gottfried von Leibniz (German
mathematician, philosopher) extended the
Pascaline to do multiplications, divisions, square
roots

In 1822 Charles Babbage (English mathematician,

philosopher), sometimes called the Father

of modern computing built the

Difference Engine

Machine designed to automate the computation

(tabulation) of polynomial functions (which are known to
be good approximations of many useful functions)
Based on the method of finite difference
Implements some storage

In 1833 Babbage designed the Analytical

Engine, but he died before he could build it

It was built after his death, powered by steam

Generations of
Computers

Generations of Computers

Generation 0: Mechanical Calculators

First Generation (1949-55): Vacuum Tube Computers
Second Generation(1956-65): Transistor Computers
Third Generation(1966-75): Integrated Circuits
Fourth Generation(1976- till date): Microprocessors
Fifth Generation(Present & Beyond):

Some Pictures..
Generation 1 :
The ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was unveiled in 1946:
the first all-electronic, general-purpose digital computer.
UNIVAC 1954 (UNIVersal Automatic Computer)

Use of Vacuum Tubes - Bulky & Costly

Consumed high amount of electricity
Space of a building

Generation 2: IBM7094

Vacuum Tubes were replaced by Transistors less

space (half room size) & only 1/10 of power utilization.
1/10 processing time & also 10 times cheaper.
Transistorized circuitry, magnetic core & magnetic
disks
Development of High level language FORTRAN,
COBOL, Algol & Snobol

Generation 3: Integrated Circuits

An integrated circuit (more often called an IC, microchip, silicon chip, computer
chip, or chip) invented by Jack Kilby in 1958, is a piece of specially
prepared silicon (or another semiconductor) into which a very complex
electronic circuit is etched using photographic techniques.
SSI (Small Scale Integration): 10-100 transistors
MSI (Medium Scale Integration): 100-1,000
LSI (Large Scale Integration): 1,000-10,000
Silicon chips can contain computer processors, memory and special devices.

Generation 4: VLSI
Improvements to IC technology made it possible to
integrate more and more transistors in a single chip
VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration): >10,000
High level language C, C++, Java, PROLOG, Miranda,
FP

Microprocessors

Personal Computers we use today are 4th Generation

Computers

Generation 5?
The term Generation 5 is used sometimes to refer to all
more or less sci fi future developments
Robots
Voice recognition
Artificial intelligence
Cloud Computing
Nano technology
Natural languages

Progress of Technology through Time

ENIAC
Composedof17,000vacuumtubes,70,000resistors,and
10,000capacitors,theENIAC(ElectronicNumerical
IntegratorandComputer)weighedover30tonsandtookup
1800squarefeetoffloorspace.Completedin1945,the
ENIACwasusedforballisticsworkandlateronforweather
prediction.

CurrentTechnology
Todaystechnologyusesvastnumbersof
electroniccomponentsintheformofminiaturized
integratedcircuitscontainedonsiliconchips.

The Information Age Timeline

1970s1980s

1990s?

Infrastructurefocused
ondatacrunchingand
datastorage

Shiftin
information
infrastructure

Infrastructurefocused
oncommunications,
connectivity,andservice

Personal and Multimedia Computers

Pirates of Silicon Valley Steve Jobs & Bill Gates
Apple
computer
created

1976

IBMand
Multimedia
Microsoft
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Types of Computers

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