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▪ Lecture 0: Hello World

WHAT ARE COMPUTERS?


Until the 1940s the word “computer” was a job title
▪computers were people trained to carry out
mathematical operations
▪ they followed a set of precise instructions required to
create mathematical tables used for navigation,
astronomy, business
WHAT IS COMPUTER
SCIENCE?
“Computer Science is no more about
computers than astronomy is about
telescopes”

Edsger Dijkstra (1930 - 2002)


WHAT IS COMPUTER
SCIENCE?
Computer Science is the study of computers (??)
▪This leaves aside the theoretical work in CS, which does not make use
of real computers, but of formal models of computers

▪ Actually, the early work in CS took place before the development of


the first computer
WHAT IS COMPUTER
SCIENCE?
Computer Science is the study of how to write computer
programs (programming) (??)

▪ Programming is a big part of CS.. ..but it is not the most important


part.
First computer: 1940s
Ada Lovelace

First computer: 1940s


First computer program: 1843
COMPUTATION
COMPUTATION

Computation is a sequence of well-defined


operations that lead from an initial starting
point to desired final outcome
CS
▪Computer science is the study of
computation
▪investigating problems that can be solved
computationally
▪ Using programming languages to describe
computations
CONT …
▪machines that carry out computations

▪ theoretical limits of computation (what is or is not


computable)

▪ computational solutions to problems in math, science,


medicine, business, education…
HISTORY
COMPUTING MACHINES

▪ Fixed-program computers

▪ Stored-program computers
BABBAGE’S MACHINES

Difference Engine

Analytical Engine

Charles Babbage (1791-1871)


BOOLEAN
BIRTH OF MODERN
COMPUTING
COMPUTATIONAL THINKING
WHAT CAN A COMPUTER DO?
PROGRAMS

A program is a sequence of instructions that specifies


how to perform a computation.
C
hello, world
WHERE IS
COMPUTING
BEING USED?

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