Computer history

  • Difference engine

    Charles Babbage creates a machine capable of computing tables without making mistakes, for the British navy for ocean navigation.
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    Computer history

  • Hollerith desk

    Hollerith desk, or tabulating machine, was a machine created by Herman Hollerith to count the data faster in the US concensus.
  • Atanasoff Berry computer

    The Atanasoff Berry computer was built by John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry to storee equations and store data.
  • Haravard Mark I

    The Harvard Mark I was created to calculate firing tables for the US army.
  • Colossus

    Colossus was built by the British Army to break the codes created by the Nazis in World War II.
  • ENIAC

    ENIAC was a new machine created in 1945 to calculate firing tables for the US army.
  • UNIVAC

    It was a general purpose computer and the first computer that was commercial.
  • Hard disk

    The hard disk was built to store data and it could store up to 5MB.
  • Microprocessor

    The microprocessor was built by Intel to store computer data on a circuit. It could serve CPU functions to a computer as it is on the circuit.
  • Floppy disk

    The floppy disk was built to transfer data from one computer to the other.
  • MITS ALtair

    It was one of the first personal computers to use the microprocessor to store data on a circuit.
  • IBM PC

    The IBM PC was one of the first home desktop computers and personal computers.
  • CD ROM

    It was a compact device that could store data and be transferred to another computer or TV.
  • Bluray

    The technology inside the Bluray disc is capable of storing high definition videos.
  • Android

    It is a mobile operating system used for smartphones and was developed by Google.