my 7 years old daughter drives me nuts wih questions, please helllppp!!
2007-01-13 05:06:20 · 9 answers · asked by wild_pig_is_playing_now 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Well, there's a very complex and interesting history to that question but a child would not understand. My best answer would be that they're tools that help us work and play.
2007-01-13 05:11:29 · answer #1 · answered by John 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Computers first appeared to help with the trajectory of projectiles. Doing the trigonometric equations took too long, but when computers first appeared , Mark I in 1930s, doing trajectory work advanced. Instead of taking a few minutes to calculate by hand and looking at tables for sines and cosines, a computer could do the calculation from the numbers entered into it.
Before Poland was invaded by Germany to start World War II, they had started to work on a computer to break the engima codes. Before they surrendered, they gave that computer to the British to use. This gave the British a great start in decoding German's codes at the start of the world. It would take a few days to break one message from German by hand, but with a computer, it took only a half of a day.
Computers were made to make the complex world of mathematics and science easier. The computer grew into something nobody could have predicted in its infancy.
2007-01-13 13:17:54 · answer #2 · answered by David W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I know what you mean! Mind you, my 7 year old always knew a lot more about it than I did . . .
2007-01-13 13:10:50 · answer #3 · answered by champer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well just like why do we have cars, or anything its need for them eg as an advanced of technology, eg everything evolves eg the pencil to the pen, the phone to the fax, etc
2007-01-13 13:11:39 · answer #4 · answered by Paultech 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So mankind could have something else to boss around
2007-01-13 13:22:29 · answer #5 · answered by Jopo Lugo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To make things easier on humans.
2007-01-13 13:09:31 · answer #6 · answered by Delvala 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To make men's work easier and more productive.
2007-01-13 13:09:45 · answer #7 · answered by ALunaticFriend 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so we can spend all our time on yahoo and not get any work done !
2007-01-13 13:14:00 · answer #8 · answered by grumpcookie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they made slavery illegal.
2007-01-13 13:13:07 · answer #9 · answered by CamaroBoy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋