Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Who is the central person in the history of computers?

I'm doing this research for my friend who's really busy. It's for her computer literacy class which she'll do a report. help!!! I really don't know who's the person behind the history of computers.



Who is the central person in the history of computers?free spyware remobal



Charles Babbage FRS (26 December 1791 鈥?18 October 1871) was an English mathematician, philosopher, and mechanical engineer who originated the idea of a programmable computer. Parts of his uncompleted mechanisms are on display in the London Science Museum. In 1991 a perfectly functioning difference engine was constructed from Babbage's original plans. Built to tolerances achievable in the 19th century, the success of the finished engine indicated that Babbage's machine would have worked. Nine years later, the Science Museum completed the printer Babbage had designed for the difference engine, an astonishingly complex device for the 19th century.

No comments:

Post a Comment