The History of Computing

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In this video, we’ll be discussing the evolution of computing - more specifically, the evolution of the technologies that have brought upon the modern computing era.
00:00 Intro
[0:30-5:33] Origins of Computing - Starting off we'll look at, the origins of computing from as far back as 3000 BC with the abacus and progressing to discuss some of the first mechanical computers. After this, we'll get to see the first signs of modern computing emerge, through the use of electromechanical relays in computers along with punched cards for data I/O.
[5:33-8:36] 1st Generation of Computing - Following that we'll discuss, the 1st generation of modern computing, the vacuum tube era. The first technology that was fully digital and resembled how modern computers operate.
[8:36-10:49] 2nd Generation of Computing - Afterwards we'll discuss, the 2nd generation of modern computing, the transistor era. The transistor miniaturized the vacuum tube and was much more efficient in terms of speed, power consumption, heat and more. It is the core technology behind how all computers operate today.
[10:49-13:04] 3rd Generation of Computing - To conclude we'll discuss, the 3rd generation of modern computing, the integrated circuit era. The integrated circuit was able to pack many transistors onto a single chip and is behind the exponential growth of modern technology.
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♫ 00;00 "Blue Bird" by Av.i
♫ 00;30 "Sun" by HOME
♫ 02;55 "Resonance" by HOME
♫ 05;33 "If I'm Wrong" by HOME
♫ 07;47 "New Machines" by HOME
♫ 10;41 "Decay" by HOME
♫ 13;04 "June" by Aire Atlantica
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[@jakkuwolfinsomnia8058]

Singularity Prosperity I would love to see a video of how the internal workings of coding works like on the binary level how a bunch of programs alter 1's and 0's that are able to execute commands and why some programming languages are limited (is it because of their digital architecture?)

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cant wait to use my light speed computer

[@hellohiwassuppp971]

Even though printing hello world is simple, its still amazing how the computer recognizes and executes the program.

[@Zeriel00]

Its not simple when you program it only in Binary. Now we have high level languages but back then 1s and 0s is all you had lol.

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there is a utube video to code hello world in binary . its difficult

[@rasmasyean]

Try printing hello world using a Quantum Computer. Back to square one!

[@sarahli6425]

truly blessed and fortunate to be born in this century, it's impressive to see how much work has gone behind the technologies that we use for everyday

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not me. i wish i would have been born later, much later. this stuff is gonna be child's play in the next few centuries. i want my holodeck and i want it now.

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if you ever go back in time to 1950. don't tell them you got 128 Gb smartphone in your pocket, you will be locked as crazy person

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and now we got phones with 1T like the s10 plus ceramic....

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Nope. These were the visionaries, who understood that infinite complexity could follow from a few simple building blocks.

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My phone has 512gb, FOUR cameras, each of which better than any on the planet at the time, a processor exceeding the entire computing power of the planet at the time, and, you know, the INTERNET. The progress of computers and how it's changed society in even the past 30 years is almost unfathomable.

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@@cameron2794 Almost. No digital camera can get the resolution of film... yet.

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I am having my class rn while watching this

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Except for me, I am here 1 day before the class. The professor suggested the video :)

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Your speech rate is too fast. But otherwise an excellent video! Well done sir!

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Yes too fast and way to monotone, I fall asleep. But info is amazing, thx a lot for that!

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probably because u didnt remember anything from the firs two times

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Do you know why the Chinese abacus is the type of abacus most often pointed out as the ancestor of digital computer? A Bit of Insight The answer to the question may lie in the fact that the Chinese abacus has two heaven beads and five earth beads along each rod, and thus that makes the difference from other types of abaci. The Chinese abacus is commonly used for working in decimal, but it may be used as well for hexadecimal numbers. Note that when all beads along a rod are set then the sum of bead values would exactly be equal to 15 or F. Hexadecimal numerals are widely used by computer system designers and programmers because they provide a human-friendly representation of binary-coded values.

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An entire chapter in 12 mins Thanks

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Excellent information and beautifully narrated!

[@Geopholus]

Love the history lesson. You call vacuum tube computers digital. Relay based computers were however mostly digital also. Digital just means the logic is based on numbers like 1's & 0's (boolean) , or any other number base in which whole numbers are used, and the logic is based on truth ables,.. I E absolute. You don't really mention analog computers, but there were analogue, vernier based computers even developed during WWII that used vacuum tubes, and comparing vernier scales the way a slide rule does. They were used to predict trajectories, of projectiles, and airplanes, etc. They were much faster than the 1st digital computers (that ran on relays) but less accurate for complex calculations involving many steps, because they had to be periodically re-calibrated, and errors were dependent on the linearity of the tubes ( age, temperature, etc dependent ), and errors were also cumulative. Scales of forces, or a number, or objectively measurable representation of a value in an equation, were represented by a continously variable voltage, or current usually. This video, though made late,r does an excellent job of describing the basic principles of early vacuum tube analogue computers: They were especially time savers for doing squares, square roots, and trig functions. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6Sap2qio7GamK8

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only mistake i could find after an entire evening watching all your videos, love them by yhe way! I think you mention that Zuse's first computer used relays. If i remember correctly, Zuse's Z1 machine in 1936 was purely mechanical, no relays or vacume tubes. Very much like the analytical engine in that respect but Zuse used binary mechanical logic gates of his own design. The machine ran off an electric motor to act as the clock and give mechanical motion to his gates. It is considered the most complex mechanical device ever constructed with over a quarter million different moving parts... not to mention the dude built it by himself pretty much, in his parents apartment's living room, FREAKEN BADASS if you ask me! XD

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i believe it did use relays...

[@scortexfire]

Also he said "two" instead of "twenty four" at 12:13

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[@mbarrera47]

Whenever I look at the history of computers, they usually mention simple devices before modern times. One good example of this that is also the first kind is the abacas. It is surprising to hear that it is involved at the beginning of computer history. By the way, one different thing (which is also an error) is saying "Chinese abacas" at 0:50. Most sources say that it was actually first invented in ancient Mesopotamia.

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Nice film, good work, thank you !

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nice pace and excellent video,eagerly waiting for you to make videos on future computing technologies like Quantum computing (various methodologies of quantum calculation), dna computing etc and also comparing computing speeds and possibly their applications and how they will change our future

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Thank You! Stay tuned, coming soon!

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I had always wondered where the true beginning was, great video. You’re voice is a bit boring but nonetheless you provided good information. I really did not realize that computers began as mechanical machines, makes much more sense how we got to where we are today now.

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Excellent eleboration (Sir), but I want to study Babbage's analytic engine (algorithm), so where I may get it? can you suggest me?(please) 👍👍👍

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great explaining thank you !! is there a name for the first compiler that she invented .. on modern day computers are compilers part of windows/how come sometimes you gotta "download the c compiler ...?

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The music is so fit to the topic of this video

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Thank you for mentioning Zuse!

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Thank You!

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Von Neumann is pronounced "von Noyman". Other than one small pet peeve, I really liked this.

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Imagine if Charles Babbage's analytical machine had funding and by then end of The 1800s we had integrated circuits and compilers being put inside the first portable computers.

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That is the premise of an "alternate history" sci-fi novel, "The Difference Engine." In that novel, Babbage succeeds, and by the 2nd half of the 19th century, Babbage's "engines" are used widely in British business and government, helping to keep the British Empire the most technologically advanced on earth.

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It's so interesting to learn by interest but I had to come here because of my computer exams.

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A history of tech support would be a good one too lol

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