A TO Z OF COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

The Industrial Revolution demonstrated thegrowing ability to organize and control theproduction of farms, mines, and factories. Whathad been relatively simple tasks became increasinglyprecise and elaborate systems. Howeverwith the growing complexity of economic andsocial life came a growing need to organize andmanipulate the vast torrent of information producedby society.In the 19th century, pioneers such asCharles Babbage and Herman Hollerith designedand to some extent implemented mechanicalsystems for data processing. However,it was only with the advent of electricity andparticularly electronics that a practical automaticdigital computer became possible....
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A TO Z OF COMPUTER SCIENTISTS