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This document provides an overview of the history and development of computers from the 1815 analytical engine to modern devices. It discusses how computers have become essential in everyday life and outlines key developments including the introduction of transistors, integrated circuits, microprocessors, PCs, servers, and the internet. The document also notes how computer technology has changed society and discusses some ethical issues that have emerged with greater use of information technology.

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Chapter 1: Our Digital Planet


1. Today Computers are used in everyday life. world's microprocessors are found in embedded
Whether it is Water and Electricity, Police and computers.
Emergencies or Trains and Metros, all are 11. There are three Types of PCs: Desktop,
dependent on Computers. Thus Computers have Workstation and Laptop.
become a necessity for us. 12. Desktop Computers rest on top of the Desk
2. While WWW has existed from 1990s, this most of the time. They consist of a Tower and
century has seen further enhancement in the use other Components.
of Information Technology with the introduction 13. The Tower contains: Microprocessor, Memory,
of MySpace (2003), Face Book (2004) and Flicker. Hard Disk DVD Drive etc.
3. Thirty years back, we could not imagine how 14. Other essential components of a Desktop
the Computer usage will become so widespread. Computer are: Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, and
Devices like Laptops, I phones Play stations and Speaker.
software like Google, YouTube, eBay have 15. Workstations are High end desktop
completely changed the lifestyle of the society. Computers, which are connected to a mainframe.
4. The following is the Chronology of the 16. The minimum components that a Workstation
development of Computers: must have are: the Display Unit, the Keyboard and
- 1815: Analytical Engine (Charles Babbage). the Mouse.
- 1939: Z1 Computer (Konrad Zuse); Z1 first 17. All-in-one (New breed) is a desktop computer
programmable computer. where you have the hardware plugged in the
- 1939: ABC Computer (John Atanasoff); It was monitor as one unit.
capable to solve a system of linear equations. 18. Laptops are Portable Computers with less than
- 1943: Colossus (Alan Turing); Colossus was used 7 lbs weight. They are normally expensive and
to crack Nazi military codes. cannot be upgraded easily.
- 1944: Mark I (Howard Aiken); It is an automatic 19. Handheld devices are small enough to tuck
general purpose calculator. into a Pocket. Examples are PDAs and Smart
- 1945: UNIVAC (John Mauchly & Eckhrt); first Phones.
commercial computer. 20. The Computers that are used as Central
(Note the developments during the World War II Computers to a Network are called Servers. They
period). normally have faster Processor and more memory
5. The Hardware also underwent enormous and provide Software and Resources to the
changes: 1939: Vacuum Tubes, 1956: Transistors, Network users.
1960: Integrated Circuits (Silicon Chips). 21. Mainframe Computers are used by large
6. Silicon Chips revolutionized the process Organizations such as Banks and Airlines. Multiple
because it could accommodate hundreds of Communications with the Mainframe is possible
Transistors in a single chip. through a Process called Timesharing.
7. Moore’s Law predicted that the number of 22. The most powerful computers in use today are
transistors that could be packed into a silicon chip called Supercomputers. They are used for
of the same price would double every two years. applications such as Weather forecasting,
8. The first Microprocessor was developed 1n Computer animation and Telephone Network
1971 by INTEL. Microprocessors contained all the Design.
Computational components of a Computer in a 23. The Internet was developed in 1960s and till
single chip. 1980s it was used only for Research, or Email.
9. This further lead to two different classes of 24. WWW was developed in 1990s and this made
Computers: General Purpose computers called Internet accessible to everyone. By 2005, more
PCs and Special Purpose computers called than a billion people were using the internet. The
Embedded Computers. Internet usage was further powered by the use of
10. The Embedded Computers used the Firmware Multimedia.
i.e. Software permanently etched onto the silicon. 25. Web Browsers like Internet Explorer made
These devices were used in Applications such as Navigation through the Web very simple.
Controlling Temperature and Humidity, Hypertext linked together millions of Web Pages.
Monitoring Heart Rate etc. Over 90 percent of the Internet shopping through eBay and Real-time
Chapter 1-Notes.docx 1411100 Intro to IT
Multiplayer games software made the Internet
widely popular.
26. We have had an Agricultural age and an
Industrial Age. Now we are in the Information
Age. Many people earn their livelihood by using
this Technology.
27. Technology has enhanced humanity however
it brought a lot of ethical issues such as privacy,
software piracy, etc.
28. The future could bring the emergence of bio-
digital technology, computer chips embedded
within human bodies.

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