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Period: Jan 1, 1200 to
History of Computers
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Jan 1, 1500
Abacus
Actually invented around 3000bc... NO known inventor -
The First Mechanical Computer
The anaylitical engine was first described in 1837, and designed by Charles Babbage. The analyitical engine can solve any mathematical problem, and uses punch cards to solve simple conditional operations. -
The First Programmable Computer
The Z1 oringinally created by Germanys Konrad Zuse in his parents living room in1936 to 1938. It was a binary electrically driven mechanical calculator with limited programmability, -
The First Programmable Computer
In 1941, Konrad Zuse invented the first programmable computer in Berlin, called Z3. This program was a fully automatic computing machine. -
The First Digital Computer
In 1946, John Mauchly and John Presper Ecker created the ENIAC. The ENIAC was the first electronic computer, short for Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer. The ENIAC was used to solve a full range of computing problems. -
The First Electronic Computer
iN 1946, John Mauchly and John Presper Ecker created the ENIAC. The ENIAC was the first electronic computer, short for Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer. The ENIAC was used to solve a full range of computing problems. -
The first transistor computer
TRADIC for TRAnsistor DIgital Computer or TRansistorized Airborne DIgital Computer. This computer was built by J. H. Felker and L.C. Brown. This computer was used for army purposes. -
The first workstation
IBM 1620 was made October 21, 1959, making it the first digital computer considered good enough for real-time process control of factory equipment made it nice to work on. Many students used the IBM 1620 as their first computer. -
The First minicomputer
DEC PDP-8 minicomputer, made by Edson de Castro. DEC introduced it on March 22, 1965, and sold more than 50,000 systems, the most of any computer up to that date. The earliest models used flip chips cards, and was about the size of a mini-fridge. -
The first personal computer
The Sphere 1 was created in Utah by Michael Donald Wise, and had 30 chips. featured a Motorola 6800 cpu, onboard ROM, Monitor, 4 kb of RAM, and a keyboard with a numeric keypad. And was considered the first personal computer. -
The First Apple Computer
The Apple 1 with a single circuit board used in a computer. This personal computer was hand built by Steve Wozniak in April 1976. -
The first laptop or portable computer
Osborne 1 was the first successful portable computer and weighed 23.5lbs. The Osborne 1 was created by Adam Osborne in April, 1981. -
The first PC (IBM compatible) computer
IBM PC waa created by a team of engineers and designers in Florida. Made on August 12, 1981. -
The First multimedia computer
The Amiga 1000 from commodore International is the first multimedia computer. The A1000 was a personal computer made in New York City. Jay Miner and Howard Stolz created the case design. -
The Present Day Computers
Present Day computers can be portable, desktops, and even handheld. Some examples are these are Apple laptops, eMachines, and iPod Touch, iPads, and more. On these, you can surf the web, calculate, and practicly anything. -
The Future of Computers
In the Futre of Computers, i see Touchscreen computers and using computers in 3D with a progector. Also having a touchscreen keyboard. I aslso see us talking to the computers and them being voice-activated.
