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Figure 2-1 Charles Babbage, father of the computer

Babbage thought of making machines that would do calculations

mechanically, so the numbers would always be right. Although his ideas were

ahead of his time, inventors in the mid-twentieth century picked up the

concepts and created huge calculating machines that they called computers.

This chapter explores how computing devices work. We’ll look first at the

computing process, then turn to hardware components common to all

devices. The chapter finishes with a discussion about software, exploring

commonality among all operating systems and specific functions of

application programming. And, there are lots of pictures.

Historical/Conceptual

The Computing Process

In modern terms, a computer is an electronic device that can perform

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