Dinesh Chandran

Computer A  computer  is a general purpose device that can be  programmed  to carry out a finite set of arithmetic or logical operations. Since a sequence of operations can be readily changed, the computer can solve more than one kind of problem. History of computing Main article:  History of computing hardware The  Jacquard loom , on display at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester ,  England, was one of the first programmable devices. The first use of the word “computer” was recorded in 1613 in a book called “The yong mans gleanings” by English writer Richard Braithwait  I haue read the truest computer of Times, and the best Arithmetician that euer breathed, and he reduceth thy dayes into a short number . It referred to a person who carried out calculations, or computations, and the word continued with the same meaning until the middle of the 20th century. From the end of the 19th century the word began to take on it...