Can you tell me, why should you use a computer ( the machine in your desk or at your dad's office or at the departmental store or at the ticket booking office .........the list continues) instead of using a calculator to solve problem or using a dvd player to view movie or to play a game in your play station? Look , the answer to your question lies within it. It is a all-purpose what-not to serve your daily needs.
A nineteenth century Professor at Cambridge University, the famous Charles Babbage (Dec. 1791 – Oct. 1871) is considered to be the father of modern digital computer. Do you know about this famous man?
The elementary education of Charles was smooth enough, as being from a rich family, he received education from various elite schools and teachers. He was about eight when he had to move to a country school to recover from a dangerous fever. His parents sentenced that his "brain was not to be taxed too much"; Babbage wrote: "this great idleness may have led to some of my childish reasonings."
That view of Babbage of "different machine" is today's computer which ranges from hi-end tablet PC, laptop, net book , desktop , servers, mobile phones and the list is never ending.
Computer can simply compute. What compute? Everything .... Yes, almost every thing.. From the steps of a soldier in your game to the steps of soldier in real life battle field.. From playing a movie to making a movie... Now, its everywhere..
Computer is a device which operates upon data. A computer has following characteristics : It is automatic, speed is faster than our eye-blinks, it is accurate enough, it is diligent, it is versatile, having no I.Q or feelings.
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