UNDERSTANDING COMPUTERS
FOCUS QUESTIONS

1. What was so special about the machine that Charles Babbage designed in 1834

2.Which form of storage is more commonly used nowadays? Why?

3.What are the essential hardwares to build your own computer? Are you able to build a computer of your own?

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

1.Which of the following latest developments : Holographic Memory ; 'Hard Materials' ; Integrating Optical with Magnetic ; 'Punch Cards of the Future, do you think have the greatest potential? Why?

2.If given the technology, which type of computer would u create? Why do you want to create such a computer?

3.How has the development of computers affected mankind? List some examples and state if it is an advantage or a disadvantage.