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THE PRODUCTION OF LAPTOPS/COMPUTERS
BY: DIAMOND SYKES
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What was technically the first computer?
The first computers were people! "Computer" was originally a job title…It was used to describe people (mostly women) whose job it was to perform the repetitive calculations required to compute things. A typical computer operation back when computers were people
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Who are the people that created and helped make computers at the beginning?
John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly invented the computer first and electronically. Charles Babbage invented the first actually completed computer in 1989. Douglass Engelbart invented the mouse.
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What is the purpose and value of computers?
The purpose of the computer is to perform calculations, store information, retrieve data and process information. A computer will store any information in it’s memory that is saved by the user.
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Who created the first engine that resembled what the term computer really meant?
In the year 1822, Charles Babbage was the first to have something that would function like a computer and ended up designing a programmable mechanical computer that he called “The Difference Engine”.
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