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*”THE CONTIGUOUS HISTORY OF ‘COMPUTATION'”*
(aka “problem solving”)
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-a computer is a ‘device’ that can be ‘instructed’ to ‘carry out’ an ‘arbitrary set’ of ‘arithmetic’ (or ‘logical’) operations automatically–
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(the ability of ‘computers’ to follow ‘generalized sequences’ of ‘operations’, called programs, enable them to perform a wide range of ‘tasks’)
(such ‘computers’ are used as ‘control systems’ for a very wide variety of industrial and consumer ‘devices’)
(this includes simple ‘special purpose devices’ like ‘microwave ovens’ and ‘remote controls’, ‘factory devices’ such as ‘industrial robots’ and ‘computer-assisted’ design, but also in ‘general purpose devices’ like’ personal computers’ and ‘mobile devices’ such as ‘smartphones’)
(Ihe ‘internet’ is run on ‘computers’ and it connects millions of other ‘computers’)
(since ‘ancient times’, simple manual devices like the ‘abacus’ aided people in doing calculations)
(early in the ‘industrial revolution’, some mechanical devices were built to automate long tedious tasks, such as ‘guiding patterns for ‘looms’)
(more sophisticated electrical machines did ‘specialized analog calculations’ in the early ’20th century’)
(the first “digital electronic calculating machines” were developed during “world war 2”)
(what was exact date?)
(…if you don’t mind my asking…)
(and was its development in any way related TO the situations brought upon by ‘world war 2’?)
(the ‘speed’, ‘power’, and ‘versatility’ of computers has increased continuously and dramatically since then)
(conventionally, a modern computer consists of at least one ‘processing element’, typically a ‘central processing unit’ (CPU), and some form of ‘memory’)
(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’)
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(‘peripheral devices’ include…)
‘input devices’
(‘keyboards’ / ‘mice’ / ‘joystick’ / ‘etc’)
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‘output devices’
(‘monitor screens’ / ‘printers’ / ‘etc’)
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‘input/output devices’ that perform both ‘functions’
(EG the ‘2000s-era touchscreen’))
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(‘peripheral devices’ allow ‘information’ to be retrieved from an ‘external source’ and they enable the result of ‘operations’ to be ‘saved’ + ‘retrieved’)
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