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Mind Boggler




                                                                                                          Critical Thinking
                  A.  Name  the  machines  associated  with  the  following
                        scientists in the field of computers:
                        1.  Charles Babbage                                               ...............................................

                        2.  John Mauchly                                                  ...............................................

                        3.  Blaise Pascal                                                 ...............................................
                        4.  Herman Hollerith                                              ...............................................

                        5.  Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz                                     ...............................................
                                                                                                          Critical Thinking
                  B.  Write the year in which the following inventions took

                        place:
                        1.  First mechanical calculator                                   ...............................................

                        2.  First electronic computer                                     ...............................................
                        3.  First mechanical computer                                     ...............................................

                        4.  First version of Microsoft Windows released                   ...............................................


                                                                                                         Subject Enrichment



                   Open LibreOffice Writer, type the name of different calculating devices and
                   their inventors and save the file as `Evolution of Computers’.



                                      Calculating Device               Inventor
                                      Analytical Engine                Charles Babbage
                                      Leibniz Step Reckoner            Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
                                      Tabulating Machine               Herman Hollerith
                                      Pascaline Adding Machine         Blaise Pascal









                    1.   Demonstrate the ABACUS and its use to the students.
                    2.   Discuss the great breakthroughs which took place in each generation of computers.










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