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The History And Future Of Computers
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CRS-07
Mr. Drohan
With the advances in computer technology it is now possible for more and
more Canadians to have personal computers in their homes. With breakthroughs in
computer processing speeds and with computer storage capacity, the combination
of thi .... Middle of Essay
.... accredited to Blaise Pascal. In 1642 he made the device to aid his
father, who was a tax collector. In 1694 Gottfried Leibniz improved the machine
so that with the rearrangement of a few parts it could be used to multiply. The
next logical advance came from Thomas of Colmar in 1890, who produced a machine
that could perform all of the four basic operations, addition, subtraction,
multiplication and division. With the added versatility this device was in
operation up until the First World War.
Thomas of Colmar made the common calculator, but the real start of
computers as they are known today comes from Charles Babbage. Babbage designed
a ma ....
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