How Computers Work

Computers are all around us. From our laptops to our everyday smartphones. A computer is an electronic device that reads and processes data. The father of a computer was Charles Babbage. He came up with the idea but never built it. He called it a tabulating engine. It was designed to do arithmetic or math operations. Some computers can fill up rooms. Now, computers have become so small that modern day smartphones are computers too! Computers play a big role in everyday life from calling your friend to finding the biggest prime number! Computers work using a series of 0’s and 1’s. This is called binary code. This is what computers understand! This binary code tells the computer’s processor, or brain what to do. The 1 represents an “on” command and a 0 represents an “off” command. These on and off commands tell the processor what to do and what to display on your computer screen! The letter “A” in binary is 01000001! “Spectacular Science” in binary form is 01010011011100000110010101100011011101000110000101100011011101010110110001100001011100100010000001010011011000110110100101100101011011100110001101100101

New developments in computing technology has let to advancement such as AI, or Artificial Intelligence. Artificial Intelligence is just teaching a computer different, through machine learning, and make it think like a human.