JMC 168 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Herman Hollerith, Blaise Pascal, Hypertext

• School: Murray State University
• Department: Journalism and Mass Communications
• Course: JMC 168
• Professor: valentine

Document Summary

Arithmetique: a machine invented by french mathematician blaise pascal that could add numbers up to a million. A german mathematician, gottfried wilhelm von liebnitz explored binary arithmetic, a system with just two possible values, 0 and 1, which eventually became the system used in modern computers. In the 1800s , herman hollerith developed a machine that used punch cards and electrical circuits to do calculations. (ibm) Howard aiken, developed the first computer using the binary system in 1940. : refers to applications offered over the net. Eniac was the world"s first general purpose, digital, all electronic computer. Arpnet was a system developed by the pentagon to better protect the u. s department of defense"s computer network from a nuclear attack. The three developments that contributed to the rise in internet popularity are: the development of the world wide web in 1990, the development browsers.