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- Charles Babbage invented the Difference and Analytical Engines, precursors to the modern computer.
- Ada Lovelace is considered the first computer programmer.
- The first two modern computers were MARK I and ENIAC I.
- John von Neumann invented the stored-program approach of executing programs.
- Computers are connected into a network. Interconnected networks are called internets.
- Binary numbers are used in computers.
- A typical computer consists of five components: RAM, CPU, storage devices, I/O devices, and communication devices.
- There are three levels of programming languages: machine, assembly, and high-level.
- Java is one of the newest high-level programming language in use today. This textbook teaches how to program using Java.
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