THE COMPUTER AGE AND THE INVENTOR by Dr Farag Moussa © President of the International Federation of Inventors’ Assocations (IFIA) (e-mail: invention-ifia@bluewin.ch) Keynote speech given at the International Invention Symposium "How Invention & Innovation Open New Business" (Hong Kong‚ November 27‚ 1998) Different eras of political history are frequently identified with royal dynasties‚ or great wars and revolutions. Eras in the history of art and architecture may be distinguished
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can reach a rate of 60 words per minute.” In his article entitled “Touch Typing for a Living (2010)”‚ “Typing is a process of entering the text matter into a device such as typewriter‚ computer‚ cell phone or calculator. Touch typing is a very efficient and popular technique for typing accurately and quickly on computer keyboard. Touch typing is basically a skill of typing without viewing the keys on keyboard. Many persons find it difficult because they have to look time and again on keyboard and the
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INTRODUCTION Computer is defined as a combination of electro-mechanical devices (Hardware) capable of accepting data or information‚ processing‚ storing‚ and providing output under the control of some instructions and commands called programs (Software). Computers are machines that perform tasks or calculation according to a set of instruction or programs. Introduce in 1940s the first fully electronic computers were huge machines that required teams of people to operate. Compared to those early
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Uses of Computers in different Fields Our daily encounters with and dependence upon technology is almost invisible as it takes the shape of electronic climate control system‚ wireless communication systems such as phones and pagers‚ automatic tellers to dispense money. Magnetically striped cards to facilitate consumer transactions‚ cable and satellite television‚ auto mobiles and mass transit. Free trade agreements have led to globalization of commerce and scientific debate about global
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standard for interpreting text images and other material into webpages The ability to use the computer to gather information or data transmits and receives program instructions and data to other components Object orientated programming language‚ embedded language by an HTML simple and familiar‚ secure and robust‚ and executes with high performance Connects hardware and software‚ oversees all OS operations‚ computers "heart" Live editing performs repetitive task in Word every visual basic program must contain
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13 Prof. Anatoly Sachenko Computer Hardware I. LECTURE OVERVIEW Foundation Concepts: Computer Hardware‚ reviews trends and developments in microcomputer‚ midrange‚ and mainframe computer systems; basic computer system concepts; and the major types of technologies used in peripheral devices for computer input‚ output‚ and storage. Computer Systems – Major types of computer systems are summarized in Figure 13.2. A computer is a system of information processing components that perform
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Introduction We are now facing the modern era of technology and this is the computer age. One of the greatest inventions of man for all time is the computer. Many of us cannot deny that they are relying or depends on computer. It is inevitable that others may become addicted to computer because of its amazing features and satisfy their gratification because it makes everything easy and possible. We all enjoy the benefits of the computer‚ and for many of us it is also an indispensable tool for work‚ education
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Computers – An Introduction A computer is defined as an electronic device that accepts input‚ processes it as per the given instructions and produces meaningful output. The term computer is used to describe a device which is combination of electronic and electromechanical devices. It is derived from the word “Compute” which means Calculation. “Charles Babbage” is known as the father of the computer. Data and Information Data refers to raw facts that are gathered and fed to the computer. A computer
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Brief History of Computers (A Look Back at Computing) Computers have become one of the most important parts of modern society. Nearly everything that is modern required or uses computer related technology in some way. But how did computers as we know them come to exist? Did someone sitting in his lab just one day say‚ "Aha! I’ve got it! The computer?! Well‚ no‚ that is not how this happened. Rather‚ many years of brilliant ideas and research from many different individuals contributed
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Computer is a processing machine which processes raw data to produce meaningful data. It has tremendous change with comparison to calculator. Characteristics of Computers: - Computers have got their importance due to the following characteristics: - 1. Accuracy: - Computer performs every operation with equal and high accuracy. Errors can occur in a computer due to only human mistakes‚ weaknesses and imprecise thinking. 2. Repeatitiveness: - Once the set of instructions are permanently
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