Greetings, dear readers! Percival Q. Higginbottom here, donning my digital hat today to talk about an invention that has altered the course of human life in ways unimaginable just a few short decades ago – the computer. Ah, the humble computer, our friend in the corner, the invisible architect of our modern lives. As our trusted accomplice in virtually everything we do, this marvel of engineering deserves some attention, don’t you think? Let’s start at the beginning – and I mean the beginning. The 1940s saw the birth of the first truly digital, programmable computer, the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, or ENIAC for short. This magnificent beast of a machine, with its roughly 17,000 vacuum tubes, consumed a sizeable room and more power than a small town. Yet, compared to the devices we use today, its computing power was but a mere pittance. As the years rolled on, so […]
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