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History of Computer Inventions

Charles Babbage conceptualized the first programmable mechanical computer called the analytical engine in 1837, though it was never completed due to limited finances and Babbage's constant design changes. Herman Hollerith invented using machine-readable punched cards to store data in the 1880s, laying the foundation for the modern information processing industry. Prior uses of machine-readable media were for control rather than data storage.

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History of Computer Inventions

Charles Babbage conceptualized the first programmable mechanical computer called the analytical engine in 1837, though it was never completed due to limited finances and Babbage's constant design changes. Herman Hollerith invented using machine-readable punched cards to store data in the 1880s, laying the foundation for the modern information processing industry. Prior uses of machine-readable media were for control rather than data storage.

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[Genaral- purpose Computers]2

It was the fusion of automatic calculation with programmability that produced the

first recognizable computers. Charles Babbage 1837 was the to conceptualise and

design a fully programmable mechanical computer [known as the anatytical

engine]. Due to limited finances and Babbage’s inability to resist tinkering with

the design, the device was never completed.

Herman Hollerith invented the recording of data on a machine readable medium

in 1880s. Prior uses of machine readable media, above had been fro control, not

data. After some initial trials with with paper tape, he settled on punched cards

which he processed with the tabulator, and the keypunch machineshe inveted.

These three inventions were the foundation of the morden information

processing industry.

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