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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Computer Terminology

When you dealing with computer, you should know the terminologies often used.  I’ve compiled some terminologies completed with  illustration if possible to make this clearer.

BIOS (basic input/output system) A collection  of software codes built into a PC that handle  some of the fundamental tasks of sending data from  one part of the computer to another.

BIOS CMOS Setup Utility

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Computer History

“Who Invent the Computer?”
That’s very tough question. The invention of a computer is a process, there’s many people and invention to contribute in the process that make computer development like today. So, it’s more like history than to say, Someone found a computer at first time.

The computer history was start at very beginning. It dated back when people start to count. And the process still going. We don’t know what’s computer will be in the next future. But here we are, can’t live without this device in our daily.

Here’s  computer timeline history, to remind us that work is still in progress:

30,000 BC

Starting a very long time ago, people in paleolithic era (which live in caves or forests) in central Europe, recording number by making a tally in animal bones, ivory and stones. This is a starting point to “compute”.