Senin, 22 Oktober 2012

Pengertian komputer secara umum


GENERAL EXPLAINATION OF COMPUTER
Computers are tools used to process data in accordance with procedures that have been formulated. The word computer was originally used to describe people who perkerjaannya perform arithmetic calculations, with or without the tools, but the meaning of the word is then transferred to the machine itself. Origins, processing information almost exclusively related to arithmetical problems, but modern computers are used for many tasks unrelated to mathematics.

               In the sense that there are tools such as slide rules, mechanical calculators types ranging from abacus and so on, until all contemporary electronic computers. The term better suited for a broad sense as "computer" is "that process information" or "information-processing system." Over the years there have been several different meanings in the word "computer", and a few different words are now called called a computer.

               The word computer was once commonly used to define people who perform arithmetic calculations, with or without auxiliary engine. According to the Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology, the word is used in English in 1646 as the word for "people who count" then towards 1897 are also used as a "mechanical calculators". During World War II, the word refers to the workers of the United States and British women who work to calculate the artillery war with the machine count.
Charles Babbage designed one of the first calculating machine called the analytical engine. In addition, various machine tools as simple as a slide rule also has to be said as a computer.

Tidak ada komentar:

Posting Komentar