Early computers were designed as electronic calculators to solve numerical problems. Speculate on what program

Answer 1

I believe 1GL... it was machine code, not the object oriented coding of today.

Answer 2

They were designed for the space program to help the US launch missles and reach the moon in the late 50s and 60s. As far as the computer program they used, there wasn't one. These were mainframe computers running special programs wrtitten for each individual computer. There was no "Excel" or "Windows" or anything like that yet. Those did not come until the PC appeared in the early 1980s. The very first spreadsheet program was called VisiCalc in 1979, and is not longer around.

Answer 3

Speaking strictly of electronic computers, they were first invented by the US Military to comput the firing tables, i.e., trajectories, of Naval and Army Artillery.

The first mechanical computers were first developed by the weaving industry during the Industrial Revolution in the late 15th and early 16th centuries using punched cards to determine the pattern in the new mechanically driven looms.

Answer 4

Hmm homework eh? Not only that, a homework essay question - good luck getting someone to write that one for you...!

On a more serious note though, try editing your question so that you have a shorter title, and so that the bulk of the post is in the detail section. That way we'll know what you're on about :)

Rawlyn.

Answer 5

Processors have a established education set, and pc languages along with C were designed to take income of that. Programming languages on the prompt may be like they're on the prompt. once you're drawn to writing your own pc language, take the faculty route on Compiler layout. good success.

Answer 6

I use computers as little as possible, I use a slide rule and an abacus..