History of computing technology
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write one example (a device or inventor) for each period.
For example: abacus; Pascaline; Z3; ENIAC.
2
How many additions does ENIAC perform in one minute (5,000 per second)?
300000
3
Why was Babbage’s machine not built in his own time?
The technology of the time could not make such precise and complex parts.
4
Find and write the names of two works by al-Khwarizmi from a book or the internet.
For example, “Al-jabr wal-muqabala” on algebra and his book on Hindu reckoning.