Student Number:
12596388
The University
of South Africa
HUMAN
COMPUTER
INTERACTION
Assignment 2
, Question 1
Historical Context of Human Computer Interaction
1. 1) These individuals whom performed
calculations during the middle ages were
referred to as ‘computers’, hence any
method or tool that performs a sort of
mathematical operation to resolve
problems can be referred to as
computing.
1.2) The English Polymath Charles Babbage
created The Difference Engine used to perform
calculations on a specific 6th degree polynomial
and the first device to resemble a computing
device The Analytical Engine.
1.3) The predecessor to all high-level
programming languages is IBM’s FORTRAN an
imperative ,strong static programming
language designed by John Backus to enhance
high performance computing in computers
used in scientific environments.
12596388
The University
of South Africa
HUMAN
COMPUTER
INTERACTION
Assignment 2
, Question 1
Historical Context of Human Computer Interaction
1. 1) These individuals whom performed
calculations during the middle ages were
referred to as ‘computers’, hence any
method or tool that performs a sort of
mathematical operation to resolve
problems can be referred to as
computing.
1.2) The English Polymath Charles Babbage
created The Difference Engine used to perform
calculations on a specific 6th degree polynomial
and the first device to resemble a computing
device The Analytical Engine.
1.3) The predecessor to all high-level
programming languages is IBM’s FORTRAN an
imperative ,strong static programming
language designed by John Backus to enhance
high performance computing in computers
used in scientific environments.
