The microchip.
The key development that allowed for the transition to the digital age was the invention of the microprocessor. Microprocessors made it possible to create smaller, more powerful, and more affordable computers, enabling the widespread adoption of digital technologies in various industries and everyday life.
No, the first electronic digital computer was made in 1942. Its invention was about 1937.Electronic digital computers have been manufactured for sale since 1950.
Digital computers are purely digital, i.e. they use digital(electronic) means to process data. Hybrid computers conversely use both digital and analog technologies.
George Stibitz is renowned for inventing the Complex Number Calculator in 1939, which was a pioneering electromechanical device capable of performing complex number calculations. This invention laid the foundation for modern digital computers and was a significant advancement in the field of computing technology.
Because the first, second, and third generation computers were also digital computers.
The unique name for the combination of analog and digital computers is "hybrid computer." Hybrid computers leverage the advantages of both types, using analog components for real-time processing and digital components for data storage and complex calculations. This combination allows for enhanced performance in specific applications, such as simulations and control systems.
John Vincent Atanasoff's invention of the Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) is considered important because it was one of the first electronic digital computers, laying the foundation for modern computing technology. The ABC utilized binary digits and electronic switches to perform calculations, demonstrating the potential for electronic computing. Atanasoff's work influenced future computer designers, including the creators of the ENIAC and helped pave the way for the development of computers as we know them today.
Included in this industry are digital computers, analog computers, and hybrid digital/analog computers.
At this time, no, most computers are digital. However from the 1930s through the 1960s analog computers probably did outnumber digital computers as they were generally smaller and less expensive than digital computers.
Ladis D Kovach has written: 'Computer-oriented mathematics, an introduction to numerical methods' -- subject(s): Electronic digital computers, Numerical calculations
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Digital computers work with exact discretely coded representations of numbers.Analog computers work with approximate continuous representations of numbers.Hybrid computers are computers that are part digital part analog.I have used all three types, each has advantages.