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Class 5 Computer Project

The document outlines significant historical calculating devices and their inventors, starting with Sir John Napier's Napier's Bones in the 1600s, which facilitated manual calculations. It progresses through Blaise Pascal's Pascaline, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz's Stepped Reckoner, and Charles Babbage's Difference and Analytical Engines, highlighting their contributions to mechanical computation. Finally, it discusses ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic computer, developed by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert in 1945.

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Class 5 Computer Project

The document outlines significant historical calculating devices and their inventors, starting with Sir John Napier's Napier's Bones in the 1600s, which facilitated manual calculations. It progresses through Blaise Pascal's Pascaline, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz's Stepped Reckoner, and Charles Babbage's Difference and Analytical Engines, highlighting their contributions to mechanical computation. Finally, it discusses ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic computer, developed by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert in 1945.

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Class 5 Computer Project

Topic: Great Minds and Their Calculating Devices

Name: __________________________

Class: 5

Section: _______

Roll No.: _______


Sir John Napier - Napier's Bones

- Napier's Bones was invented by Sir John Napier in the 1600s.

- It is a manual calculator used for multiplication and division.

- It consists of rods with numbers that help in quick calculations.

- The device made arithmetic easier before modern calculators.

- It was one of the first steps toward mechanical computation.


Blaise Pascal - Pascaline

- The Pascaline was invented by Blaise Pascal in 1642.

- It is considered the first mechanical calculator.

- It used gears and wheels to add and subtract numbers.

- Pascal made it to help his father, a tax collector.

- It could only handle numbers up to eight digits.


Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz - Leibniz Calculator

- Leibniz improved Pascal's design and invented a better machine.

- His calculator could do addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

- It used a stepped drum mechanism.

- It was called the 'Stepped Reckoner.'

- This machine influenced future mechanical calculators.


Charles Babbage - Difference Engine / Analytical Engine

- Charles Babbage is known as the Father of the Computer.

- His Difference Engine was designed to solve math tables.

- The Analytical Engine was a more advanced idea with memory and input/output.

- It was never fully built during his lifetime.

- Ada Lovelace helped explain how it could follow instructions (programming).


John Mauchly & J. Presper Eckert - ENIAC

- ENIAC stands for Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer.

- It was the world's first general-purpose electronic computer.

- Built by Mauchly and Eckert in the United States in 1945.

- It used vacuum tubes and was very large and fast for its time.

- ENIAC could solve complex problems and inspired future computers.

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