The hypothalamus is a small but important part of the brain. It contains several small nuclei with a variety of functions. It plays an important role in the nervous system as well as in the endocrine system.It is linked to another small and vital gland called the pituitary gland.hese hypothalamic releasing hormones control and regulate the secretion of pituitary hormones. Functions of the hypothalamus can be listed as: 1  controls the release of 8 major hormones by the pituitary gland. 2  controls body temperature.
The first electronic stored-program digital computer to be proposed in the U.S. was the EDVAC (see below). The âFirst Draft of a Report on the EDVACâ (May 1945), composed by von Neumann, contained little engineering detail, in particular concerning electronic hardware (owing to restrictions in the U.S.).
Still others will say the abacus is the first computer. They were invented by the Chinese between 2600 BC and 300 BC is considered as the first computer ever. Abacus was used by the merchants and Clerks in China.However the abacus is NOT automatic, but it is digital; so it is more of a calculation aid or calculator than a computer. The first patent for a working computer (outside the military) was the UNIVAC, created by Drs. 2  John Mauchly and Presper Eckert in 1948. 3  They formed the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation, which was bought in 1950 (just as they were on the verge of bankruptcy) by Remington Rand.