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The document provides an overview of computer knowledge relevant for the UPSC EPFO exam, covering the history, definitions, and types of computers. It discusses significant milestones in computing, including early devices like the abacus and the analytical engine, as well as the evolution of computers through generations. Additionally, it highlights important facts about supercomputers in India and globally, including notable achievements and initiatives like the National Super Computer Mission.

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Computer Knowledge: Upsc Epfo

The document provides an overview of computer knowledge relevant for the UPSC EPFO exam, covering the history, definitions, and types of computers. It discusses significant milestones in computing, including early devices like the abacus and the analytical engine, as well as the evolution of computers through generations. Additionally, it highlights important facts about supercomputers in India and globally, including notable achievements and initiatives like the National Super Computer Mission.

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COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE

UPSC EPFO

By: Dikshant Sharma


EPFO LIVE CLASS
LECTURE 1 - Scope
I. Brief history
II. Generations of Computers
III. Definition & Working
IV. Types of computers
➢ By Type
➢ By Size
➢ By Purpose

EPFO LIVE CLASS


Brief History of Computers
❑ 4000 Years ago – Chinese invented ABACUS (Counting Frame)
• Used to perform addition & subtraction
❑ Napier's Bones
• Also called Napier's rods, are numbered rods which can be used to perform multiplication of
any number by a number between 2 to 9
• Manually-operated calculating device which was invented by John Napier (1550-1617) – It
could perform multiplication & division
❑ Pascal Calculator or Pascaline
• Arithmetic Machine invented in 1642 by a French mathematician-philosopher Blaise Pascal.
• Pascaline was the first mechanical calculating device with a capability to perform additions
and subtractions on whole numbers
❑ Analytical Engine
• Developed by Charles Babbage in 1830.
• It was capable of solving any mathematical problem and storing information as a permanent
memory
• The analytical engine also incorporated ALU, Control Flow.
EPFO LIVE CLASS
Some Important Facts
➢ Who was the first person to develop a computer program? – Lady Ada Lavelac
➢ Father of Computers – Charles Babbage
➢ Father of Modern Computers – Alan Turing
➢ World’s First Electronic Computer – ENIAC
➢ ENIAC was invented by – J P Eckert & J W Mauchly (1946)
➢ Computer Literacy Day is celebrated on – 2nd December
➢ India’s first Computer (Made in India) – Siddharth (Manufactured by Electronics
Corporation of India)

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Generation of Computers

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What is a Computer?
DEFINITION –
It is an electronic programmable device for storing and processing data, typically in
binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program.

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Types of Computers

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Super Computers – Important Facts
➢ India’s 1st Super Computer – PARAM SHIVAY or PARAM 8000 (IIT Varanasi)
➢ Latest Super Computer of India – PARAM SIDDHI AI (CDAC)
➢ Pratyush & Mihir – IITM PUNE – 6.8 Petaflops
➢ Fastest Super Computer Of the World –
➢ FUGAKU (Japanese) – 442 Petaflops
➢ SUMMIT (IBM) – 148.8 Petaflops
➢ What is NSM ?– National Super Computer Mission
➢ The National Supercomputing Mission was announced in 2015
➢ Aim to connect national academic and R&D institutions with a grid of more than 70 high-
performance computing facilities at an estimated cost of ₹4,500 crores over the period of
seven years

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