The back-and-forth motion of a swing is an example of a pendulum. We see pendulums in other areas of our lives as well, such as in grandfather (also known as longcase) clocks.ther factors, including a pendulum's length, can also affect its motion. Background. A pendulum is an object hung from a fixed point that swings back and forth under the action of gravity.
More than a century later, however, the worldâs first computer was actually built. 1890: Herman Hollerith designs a punch card system to calculate the 1880 census, accomplishing the task in just three years and saving the government $5 million.
Alan Turing invented the worlds first programmable computer, in england, not USA, read your history folks. Konrad Zuse was the inventor of the first working and programmble computer. No, it was Charles Babbage who actually created the first mechanical computer. It wasnât much but it was the start of everything.