computer science

                                           

                        PARTITION'S OF COMPUTER

Partition

When referring to a computer hard drive, a disk partition or partition is a segment of the hard drive that is separated from other portions of the hard drive. Partitions help enable users to divide a computer hard drive into different drives or into different portions for multiple operating systems to run on the same drive.

With older file allocation tables, such as FAT16, creating smaller partitions allows a computer hard drive to run more efficiently and save more disk space. However, with new file allocation tables, such as FAT32, this is no longer the case.
Partition FAQ:

1. Information about creating partitions and setting up a drive in Windows 2000, XP, and above.
2. Information about creating, deleting (unpartition), or otherwise using fdisk to manipulate partitions can be found on our fdisk page.
3. If you want to extend a partition, shrink a partition, combine partitions, or otherwise manipulate a partition that can be done through a standard partition program, we would recommend you look into Partition Magic.

In addition to the utilities to create hard drive partitions, there are hundreds of different partition types. Below is a listing of some of these partitions and a brief description about them. While all of these partitions are available, they will all not available in your partition utility.

When was the first computer invented?

There is no easy answer to this question because of all the different classifications of computers. The first mechanical computer created by Charles Babbage doesn't really resemble what most would consider a computer today. Therefore, this document has been created with a listing of each of the computer firsts starting with the Difference Engine and leading up to the types of computers we use today. Keep in mind that early inventions that helped lead up to the computer such as the abacus, calculator, and tablet machines are not accounted for in this document.

The word "computer" was first used

The word "computer" was first recorded as being used in 1613 and was originally was used to describe a human who performed calculations or computations. The definition of a computer remained the same until the end of the 19th century when people began to realize machines never get tired and can perform calculations much faster and more accurately than any team of human computers ever could.

First mechanical computer or automatic computing engine concept

In 1822, Charles Babbage purposed and began developing the Difference Engine, considered to be the first automatic computing engine that was capable of computing several sets of numbers and making hard copies of the results. Unfortunately, because of funding he was never able to complete a full-scale functional version of this machine. In June of 1991, the London Science Museum completed the Difference Engine No 2 for the bicentennial year of Babbage's birth and later completed the printing mechanism in 2000.