History of Computers
The Ishango Bone
The worlds oldest computing device
CPU
The central processing unit
Monitor
An output device
It is NOT the brain of the computer
The CPU
The name of the computer used by Alan Turing at Bletchley Park.
Colossus
The place where the computer stores programmes and information which it is running.
Random Access Memory (RAM)
An input and output device used for listening/talking
Headset
The cycle the CPU runs.
Fetch, decode, execute
The man behind the design of the Bombe at Bletchley Park and known as the father of modern computing
Alan Turing
Provides the power for a computer
The power supply unit (PSU)
A device for inputing videos and still images to a computer.
Webcam
Used to measure the speed of the CPU
Gigahertz or MegaHertz
Charles Babbage designed it.
The Analytical Engine
A CPU that contains two CPU's to help speed up the computer
Dual Core
Contains magnetic disks which spin at high speeds and read/write heads which move accross the disks.
Hard Disk Drive
Almost the equivalent of 4 CPU's working together in one computer.
Quad Core