carvs timeline

  • abacus
    Jan 27, 1500

    abacus

    The abacus was basically a calculator that was used a very long time ago to do basic math.
  • Holes in Cards

    Holes in Cards

    a piece of stiff paper that contained either commands for controlling automated machinery or data for data processing applications.
  • analytical machine

    analytical machine

    proposed mechanical general purpose computer designed by English mathematician Charles Babbage
  • UNIVAC

    UNIVAC

    UNIVAC is the name of a line of electronic digital stored-program computers
  • Von Nuemann Architecture

    Von Nuemann Architecture

    The term Von Neumann architecture, also known as the Von Neumann model or the Princeton architecture, derives from a 1945 computer architecture description by the mathematician and early computer scientist John von Neumann and others
  • ENIAC

    ENIAC

    1946 ENIAC was the first electronic general-purpose computer. It was Turing-complete, digital, and capable of being reprogrammed to solve a full range of computing problems
  • high level programming language

    high level programming language

    high-level programming language is a programming language with strong abstraction from the details of the computer
  • electronic spreadsheet

    electronic spreadsheet

    a spreadsheet is an interactive computer application program for organization and analysis of data in tabular form
  • PC

    PC

    a PC is an abbreviation of personal computer which is what most people have in their homes in modern day.
  • UNIX operating system

    UNIX operating system

    UNIX is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system that exists in many variants
  • CRAY-1

    CRAY-1

    The Cray-1 was a supercomputer designed, manufactured and marketed by Cray Research.
  • Apple

    Apple

    technology company founded by Steve Jobs that created I-tunes, I-pods, Macs, I-pads, And I-phones
  • Macintosh

    Macintosh

    A personal computer developed by Apple and was made to be a personal computer that prided itself on its attention to detail and creativity.