Kyle Sapp
Jan. 31, 2007
Lab 1.4

2. query "father of computing"
a: Charles Babbage (1791-1871) site:ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/Babbage.html

3. query "analytical engine"
a: the first computer as described by Babbage site: http://www.fourmilab.ch/babbage/

4. same site
a: no, his visian was a steam powered machine

5. query ada lovelace and charles babbage
a: Ada Byron was daughter of Lord Byron.  She became countess of Lovelace when her husband inherited a noble title.  She was lifelong friends with Charles Babbage from the time she was 17.  They collaborated on their work.

6. same site
a: Lord Byron

7. query Ada Lovelace "first to" site: acm.org/women/PoeticalScienceAdaToole.htm
a: first to see babbage's Analytical Engine as a multi purpose machine and first to write programs (even though the machine did not exist)

8. query ENIAC weight kg site: www.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/~sjmaybank/
a: 27000 kilograms

9. query ENIAC "designed to" site:www.computerworld.com/printthis/2006/0,4814,108568,00.html
a: it was designed to calculate trajectory tables

10. same site
a: 1946

11. found in search for #8
a: Zuse Z3, 1941, Konrad Zuse