Computers play a very important role in the everyday life of the world. Just about every nation has computers running the vital parts of their military and government. I will explain the history, types, different uses, and growth of computers. The history of computing began with an analog machine. In 1623 German scientist Wilhelm Schikard invented a machine that used 11 complete and 6 incomplete sprocket wheels that could add and, with the aid of logarithm tables, multiply …showed first 75 words of 1829 total…

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