Overview
Students should be able to: State features of each of the pre- computer age to 19th century computing devices List their components State their uses.
What you'll learn
- Features, components and uses of:
- (i) Abacus
- (ii) Slide rule
- (iii) Napier's bone
- (iv) Pascal's calculator
- (v) Leibnitz multiplier
- (vi) Jacquard's 100m
- (vii) Charles Babbage
- (viii) Analytical Engine
- (xi) Hollerith Census
- Machine
- (x) Burrough's Machine