Computer components
Motherboard
Motherboard
The motherboard is the main circuit board inside the computer. All the other components are connected to the motherboard, in order for them to work. It hooks up to hard drives, disk drives and front panel ports with cables and wires. It has many sockets so it can hold the CPU, RAM and expansion cards.
Motherboard 3D
This 3D picture clearly portrays that there are loads of other components connected to the motherboard. The base of the motherboard consists of a very firm sheet of non-conductive material: some sort of rigid plastic.
Alex Turing
He was born on the 23rd June 1912 and committed suicide on the 7th July 1954. Alan Turing was a English mathematician, wartime code-breaker and pioneer of computer science.
Alan Turing
In 1952, homosexuality was still illegal in the UK and Alan Turing was either to accept hormone treatment or go to prison. He killed himself.
"Imagine how much we could have advanced if homosexuality was more widely accepted"
Father of computer science
Alan Turing was considered to be the father of computer science, and during World War II he cracked the German Enigma code.
Alan Turing working
During World War II, Alan Turing worked for the Government code and Cypher School at Bletchley park.
Tim berners-Lee
Tim was born on the 8th of June 1955, and he grew up in London. He studied in physics at Oxford University, and later became a software engineer.
Berners-Lee was a computer scientist who created the World Wide Web!
Tim Berners-Lee
A well educated man of many awards!
In 2001 he was knighted Queen Elizabeth, and in 2007 he was awarded the Order of Merit.
Father of the World Wide Web
Without him there would be no Google, Amazon, no Ebay.
He is the father of the World Wide Web, where would we be without him?
Royal Society
In 2001 Tim became a fellow of the Royal Society. He has been the recipient of many international awards.
Central Processing Unit (CPU)
The CPU is the brain of the computer, it handles all the instructions that you give. It is responsible for all the instructions it receives from software and hardware running on the computer.
First generation computer
The first computers used vacuum tubes for circuitry and magnetic drums for memory. They were so big they would often fill up a whole room! They were very expensive to operate because they used a lot of electricity, they also generated a lot of heat, which was the cause of many malfunctions.
Second generation computer
Second generation computers allowed programmes to specify instructions in words. Programming languages were also being developed during this time.
Third generation computer
The development of the integrated circuit abruptly increased the speed and the efficiently of the computer. Third generation computers used keyboards and monitors.
Alan Turing - Celebrating the life of a genius