Computer Fundamentals 1
Prelim 1st Sem AY 2013-14
Research Portfolio
1. Illustrate in words or in graphical/sketch form the following pre-computer age equipments and personalities that facilitated the development of computer technology:
|Abacus |Babbage’s Difference Engine and the Analytical Engine |
|The Pascaline |Lady Ada Augusta Lovelace |
|Jacquard’s Loom |Hollerith’s Tabulating Machine |
|Punch-cards | |
2. Illustrate in words or in graphical/sketch form the following milestone computer equipments and personalities that make possible the fast development of computer technology:
|Vacuum Tube |IBM System 360 |
|Atanasof Berry Computer |Dr. Thomas Kurtz and Dr. John Kemeny |
|Mark I Computer |Integrated Circuits (IC) |
|UNIVAC I |Bill Gates and Paul Allen |
|ENIAC |Apple II |
|IBM 650 |IBM PC |
|“Amazing” Grace Murray Hopper |Macintosh and Graphical...
