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Was the Atanasoff-Berry Computer programmable?
No, it was hardwired to solve only one type of problem: solution of systems of simultaneous equations of up to 29 variables. But if necessary Atanasoff could have easily designed a different computer using the same technology and methods that would have been programmable.
Why do you use keyboards?
Because the computer can't read my thoughts and I need some way to tell it what I want it to do. When I first started using computers you used punched cards to do that and the keypunch that punched the cards had a keyboard but was not connected to the computer. You punched the deck using the keyboard on the keypunch, then took the deck to the computer's card reader.
What is punched card?
A punch card are cards with punched holes in them that represent data. You feed them into a (usually) large-scale computer that can accept them.
Invention of lady Ada Byron and how it is work?
it is a computer program in punched cards
How did people tell the computer colossus what to do?
Colossus was programmed by instructions punched on a roll of paper tape.
What was the significance of the punch card?
It is the medium by which people communicate with computers in the olden days. Computer programs are written in punched cards, input data are also written in punched cards. There was a special machine called "card reader" to interpret what were in the punched cards and convert them into machine readable form.
How did the z3 computer work?
relay logic. i/o was on punched tape using recycled movie film as tape.
Which information is transferred from the punched tape to the flexible memory of the computer?
It can be anything, but mainly the program to run and/or the data required.
Is could have had been being punched a correct verb phrase?
NO. These are correct; I could have punched I have punched I had punched I had been punched I have been punching I had been punching
Who punched Archie?
Bradly punched Archie
How does a punchcard function?
A punch card are cards with punched holes in them that represent data. You feed them into a (usually) large-scale computer that can accept them.
Definition of first generation of computer?
1940s to 1958: vacuum tube computers, primary I/O magnetic tape or punched cards.
