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The document discusses the historical evolution of computer systems, highlighting key milestones in software development and computing technology from ancient tools to modern advancements like AI. It outlines the progression through various generations of computing, from vacuum tubes to microprocessors, and emphasizes the impact of personal computers and the Internet. Recent breakthroughs in data analytics and AI are identified as driving forces in contemporary computer science research.

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The document discusses the historical evolution of computer systems, highlighting key milestones in software development and computing technology from ancient tools to modern advancements like AI. It outlines the progression through various generations of computing, from vacuum tubes to microprocessors, and emphasizes the impact of personal computers and the Internet. Recent breakthroughs in data analytics and AI are identified as driving forces in contemporary computer science research.

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Tecmilenio

27/08/2024

Information Technologies

Miss Ana Chapa


Suri Camila Jimenez Garcia
Challenge 3: Historical evolution of computer systems

The evolution of software development has been linked to technological


advancements and major inventions. These milestones influenced not only the
way software is created, but also the development of programming languages
and the ease with which programmers can code.
Computer science is essentially focused on the use of devices that make
computation easier. From the abacus, which has been around for at least 4,000
years, mechanical tools for computation have been used for thousands of years.
People have created intricate analog designs over the ages to help in
computation, such as the Antikythera mechanism used during ancient Greece.
Early modern Europe produced some notable inventions, such as Pascal's
mechanical adding machine (1641), Leibniz's mechanical calculator (1694), and
Napier's rods (1610), which made multiplication easier.

Charles Babbage (1791–1871), the creator of the Difference Engine and the
Analytical Engine, accepted the fundamental concept of computer science, which
is the representation of complex patterns and problems through the use of
automated machinery.

In the past, engineers and inventors could only create specialized mechanical gadgets.
Carissan's factoring machine (1919), for instance, was made to factor composite
integers and test integers for primality. The famous German mathematician David
Hilbert asked a bunch of questions in 1928 about the nature of mathematics, one of
which was known as the "decision problem" or Entscheidungsproblem. This question
asked if mathematics could be decided, or if there was a methodical way to determine
whether a mathematical statement was true. Alan Turing created the so-called Turing
machine, a formal model of a computer, in 1936 in response to the decision issue.
The development of the personal computer and the launch of the Internet are the
two major events that shaped the progress of computer science during this time.
Although the first personal computers appeared in the early 1970s, the 1980s
saw a sharp increase in the use of home computers. With companies like Apple,
IBM, and Commodore making significant investments in the home computer
market, the industry became more competitive. As a result, computer science
played a bigger role in improving software and architecture by solving issues like
designing floating point and integer arithmetic units, improving chip instruction
sets, and incorporating instruction and data cache.

The 2000s were a time of outstanding technological innovation that brought


about the widespread usage of home computers and the Internet, as well as
supercomputers and more varied personal device capability. In the 2010s, these
developments would pick up a greater speed, presenting new difficulties for
computer scientists that study databases, distributed computing, computer
architecture, computation theory, programming languages, data structures and
algorithms, and computer security.

Overall, data analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications appear to be


driving recent breakthroughs in computer science. As more and more data is
produced by users of personal computers and computer networks, search
algorithms and big data analysis have emerged as key areas of interest for
computer scientists. These days, major tech firms like Google, Amazon, and
Facebook mainly rely on using algorithms to analyze vast volumes of
unstructured data.
Deep learning is a significant advancement in computer science. In the 2012
ImageNet competition, a convolutional neural network significantly outscored
rival algorithms in picture recognition, demonstrating the potential of this
technology. It makes sense that one of the most well-known developments in
computer science at the moment is AI research.

A framework known as the "five generations of computing" is used to evaluate


the major technological developments that have occurred over the course of
computer history.

The 1940s and 1950s saw the development of the first generation of vacuum
tube-based devices. Then, in the 1950s and 1960s, the second advanced to
include transistor-based computing. The third generation gave rise to integrated
circuit-based computing in the 1960s and 1970s. The fourth and fifth generations
of computing, which are based on microprocessors and artificial intelligence, are
currently in between.

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https://www.livescience.com/20718-computer-history.html#section-21st-century

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