The History of Computers Man has always looked for easier ways to solve mathematical problems. One of the earliest machines known and still used at times, is the abacus. By moving the beads on their rods you could compute numbers. Beginning in the late 1600’s people started inventing machines that would do calculations for them. Most of these machines used clockwork gears and levers. The next innovation was the use of punch cards to give …showed first 75 words of 591 total…

…showed last 75 words of 591 total…programs compatible for either type of machine. It is felt that the Fifth Generation of computers will have artificial intelligence. It will be able to reason and draw inferences from the information given it. Even now there are programs that helps your computer to recognize your voice and type the words for you. There are phones that will dial a number for you using a voice prompt to find the number in it’s memory.