Lesson 2: Computer Basics for Kids
- Charles Babbage he designed Victorian-era computer called the
Analytical Engine around 1880.
- Back then, computer was a mechanical thing
- Refer this link for more reading on original computer Babbage Analytical Engine
Transistor is an important invention that made big computers to small ones that you can hold in your hands like your smartphones.- It is helping the computer to understand “Zeros” 0s and “Ones” 1s.
- All keyboard and mouse interactions will be converted finally to zeros and ones.
Compiler/Interpretors = software will convert to machine language ( 0s and 1s)- Today you can type something in another country and it can be available in any other country in this world. How ? By using
Internet
- You can connect two different computers , through wires. This means computers are
in network
- We can connect 2 different computers in your home. Lets call it
Home Network , lets give it a name e.g: “ Alpha”.
- You friend can connect two computers in his home, lets name it “ Beta”
- Now we can connect Alpha and Beta together. This is called
Inter connected Network – short form – INTERNET