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  • February 1, 2023
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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.

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