IT ERA Module 2

a programmable machine

a computer can quickly _____ and ________ large amounts of data

a computer can _______ a pre-recorded list of instructions

a computer ________ to a specific set of instructions in a well-defined manner

a list of instructions

•the first use of the word "computer" was recorded in ____, referring to a person who carried out calculations, or computations, and the word continued to be used in that sense until the middle of the 20th century.

•an ancient memory aid device to record and document numbers, quantities, or even messages

an electronic device that manipulates information, or data. It has the ability to store, retrieve, and process data.

First computer company founded in 1949 by John Presper Eckert and John Mauchly

•First portable computer

•Released in 1981 by the Osborne Computer Corporation