cc9of13 Posted May 30, 2010 Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 heard a very interesting tidbit about the origins of Computer Technology on the History Channel the other day. Now, don't google to find the answer! I would be really interested to know if techie type people readily know the answer to this question:What Industrial Revolution Era Machine was the forerunner to Computer Technology (basically, because it was the first Machine to use a form of binary code)?I'll comeback later today and give the answer. I am really curious to see how many of us techies know the answer to this question (I didn't know). Again, please don't look the answer up, as I want honest feedback. Honor system.Thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cc9of13 Posted May 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 Well, I guess no one found this bit of trivia as interesting as I did. Anyway, here is the answer: 1804 - Joseph-Marie Jacquard invents an automated loom which uses punched cards to reproduce complex patterns.However, I guess the very first forerunner to computer technology was the abacus, which was invented in about 3000 B.C.http://www.warbaby.com/FG_test/Timeline.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDoors Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 Doh! That's one of those answers that when you hear it, you know you KNEW it. Dang. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
isteve Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 I remember hearing that on history channel a while back but still wouldn't of guessed it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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