Who is Charles Babbage, what did he do and how has he affected the realm of Information Systems. Where do you see his influence today? Scope 1. About Charles Babbage 2. Difference Engine No.1 3. Analytical Engine 4. Difference Engine No.2 5. Charles Babbage in Modern Era 6. Conclusion
Who was he? - Mathematician, - Inventor - Philosopher - Mechanical engineer
(1791 - 1871) “Father of Computing" Biography Charles Babbage
1791 - was born on 26 December, London, England 1814 - married Georgina Whitemore at the age of 23, 1827 – Wife died at the age of 35 1832 - published "Economy of Manufactures and Machinery" 1842 - published "Sketch of the Analytical Engine" 1864 - published "Passages from the Life of a Philosopher" 1871 - died on 18 October in London, England Career Milestones
1816 - Founded the Astronomical Society 1820 - Founded the Analytical Society 1821 - Began work on the Difference Engine 1827 - Published a table of logarithms from 1 to 108000 1832 - British government suspended funding for his Difference Engine 1834 - Began work on the Analytical Engine 1837 - Conceptual design for Analytical Engine completed 1842 - Begins work & designing the Difference Engine No. 2 1856 - design of the Analytical Engine completed, uses Jacquard's punch card idea for programming Difference Engine No. 1 (1821)
Calculator - to calculate a series of values and print results automatically in a table. Analytical Engine (1834)
General-purpose programmable computing engine Difference Engine No. 2 (1842 - 1849)
An improved version of the original. The design was 1/3 of the parts from Difference Engine No. 1, while providing similar computing power. 1821 “Difference Engine No.1” Calculator (Addition & subtraction only)
All 3 models designs 1834 were completed however they “Analytical Engine” were physically partially Calculator & completed (Addition, Subtraction, None of Babbage's designs Multiplication & division) was physically realized in his lifetime - WHY?
1842 - 1849 “Difference Engine No.2” (Improved version and a combination of Engine No.1 & Analytical Engine) Why Charles Babbage never completed his 3 engines
1. Victorian mechanical engineering were not sufficiently developed to produce parts with sufficient precision.
2. Lack of funding
3. Personality Differences 2012 1821 Calculators are pre-designed with “Difference Engine No.1” specific functions such as addition, Calculator multiplication, and logarithms built in (Addition & subtraction only) 1842 - 1849 2012 “Difference Engine No.2” A computer is a programmable machine (Improved version and a designed to carry out a sequence of combination of Engine No.1 arithmetic or logical operations & Analytical Engine) Conclusion
How has Charles Babbage invention affected the realms of information Systems? - his invention has made IS possible
- IS an essential and integral part of our lives that we cannot imagine a life without it
The End, Thank You
Presented By Gerarddyn A Dde Britto
2 April 2012 Bibliography http://www.computerhistory.org/babbage/ http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/babbage.htm http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/Babbage.html http://www.internationalgraduate.net/information-systems.htm http://www.impact.gr/business-solutions-eng_153.htm
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