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| • Charles Babbage invented the Difference Engine and Analytical Engine,
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. • Atypical 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 languages in use today. This textbook teaches how to program using Java. |