The mechanical era (1623-1945)

The mechanical era was the first generation in the history of Computing.

The machines from the mechanical era

 The first computer was considered the abacus, this instrument helps to count, has been created in Babylonia around 2000 years before own era.




In 1462 Blaise pascal created a machine that could add and subtract numbers. Dials were used to enter the numbers. It also correctly handled carries, such as when the numbers 19 and 13 are added. The machine would produce the correct answer of 32 since it correctly carried the 1 from adding 9 and 3.

Joseph-Marie Jacquard in 1801 Created a machine called the Jacquard Loom that ushered in the era of mechanization in textile production.

Charles Babbage Designed in 1822 a machine called the Difference Engine whose goal was to automatically calculate entries in navigation and other tables in order to produce these tables more quickly and with fewer errors. in the age 1833 designed a machine called the Analytical Engine.

In this time Ava  Lovelace She wrote programs for the Analytical Engine using punched cards created by Herman Hollerith