What is a Computer?
By Robert Davies
The Birth of Computers
In 1936 Alan Turing dreamt & developed up a thinking machine. He hoped that it would be useful and help the war. He called it an imagination machine. It read symbols and processed them using tables of functions. It then outputted different symbols During the war he worked on code breaking machines. After the war he worked on AI (Artificial Intelligence)
The World Wide Web - Tim Bernes-Lee
Tim Bernes-Lee invented the WWW as we know it today in 1980’s
WWW - World Wide Web
Rules for the WWW
WWW - World Wide Web
Rules for the WWW
- Every bit of information to have an address
- Computers to follow a standard protocol
- Common language
What is a Computer
A computer is a machine which needs power and runs on numbers and it needs your input to do things. Once you are a part of the internet then you can transfer data across the globe.
Major Components
CPU
It is the Central Processing Unit. It is the brains of the computer and makes most of the calculation.
Printer
A printer is a device which is used to print information which you can see onto a piece of paper.
Operating System
This is a software downloaded onto your computer which makes your computer accessible.
Monitor
- A monitor is a screen where you can see what the computer is showing you and basically make your computer useable.
Keyboard
- A Keyboard is a device where you can send the motherboard commands.
Moatherboard
a printed circuit board containing the principal components of a computer or other device, with connectors for other circuit boards to be slotted into.