Computer History

The programs used to direct the operations of a computer

These were mathematical tables that could be placed on rods and perform calculations

A number, word, or picture

A millionth of a second

The first computer was known as this

Causes errors on a computer

Maurice Wilkes built the first electronic stored-program computer called this

The computer's circuitry

Charles Babbage created this computer to compute navigational tables but never completed it

A series of instructions

This generation computer ran on vacuum-tube technology

The UNIVAC and the ENIAC are known as t his generation computer

This used a series of connected wheels to keep track of numbers

This generation computer used transistors that were developed in the late 1940s

This was originally designed to calculate firing tables for new weapons

The computer's basic activities

This company was known as Computing Tabulating Recording Company

The first mechanical adding aide

A thousandth of a second

The computer's programs

Integrated circuits were among the building blocks for this generation computer