Computer Knowledge: Punjab Patwari

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COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE

PUNJAB PATWARI

By: Dikshant Sharma


Syllabus Discussion:
I. Fundamentals of Computers & Networks
II. Working of Mobile Phones & Personal digital Gadgets
III. Introduction to Wireless Technology in day to day Communication
IV. SMS / EMAILs / MESSENGERs
V. Internet, Malware & Cyber Laws
VI. Concepts related to
I. Geo Fencing
II. GPS
VII.MS Word, MS Excel & MS PowerPoint
VIII.Database Management
LECTURE 1 - Scope
I. Brief history
II. Generations of Computers
III. Definition & Working
IV. Types of computers
 By Type
 By Size
 By Purpose
V. Components
 Hardware – Motherboard, CPU, Input, Output & IO Devices
Brief History of Computers
 4000 Years ago – Chinese invented ABACUS (Counting Frame)
• Used to perform addition & subtraction
 Napier's Bones
• Manually-operated calculating device which was invented by John Napier (1550-1617) – It
could perform multiplication & division
 Pascal Calculator or Pascaline
• Arithmetic Machine invented in 1642 by a French mathematician-philosopher Blaise Pascal.
• Pascaline was the first mechanical calculating device with a capability to perform additions
and subtractions on whole numbers
 Analytical Engine
• Developed by Charles Babbage in 1830.
• It was capable of solving any mathematical problem and storing information as a permanent
memory

 The first electronic computer ENIAC weighed more than 27 tons and took up 1800 square feet.
Some Important Facts
 Who was the first person to develop a computer program? – Lady Ada Lavelac
 Father of Computers – Charles Babbage
 Father of Modern Computers – Alan Turing
 World’s First Electronic Computer – ENIAC
 ENIAC was invented by – J P Eckert & J W Mauchly (1946)
 Computer Literacy Day is celebrated on – 2nd December
 India’s first Computer (Made in India) – Siddharth (Manufactured by Electronics
Corporation of India)

 The first electronic computer ENIAC weighed more than 27 tons and took up 1800 square feet.
Generation of Computers

 The First Known Computer Programmer was a Woman – Ada Lovelace


What is a Computer?
DEFINITION –
It is an electronic programmable device for storing and processing data, typically in
binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program.
Types of Computers

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