Computer History

By Felic27
  • Complex Number Calculator

    Complex Number Calculator
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    This is when the first complex number calculator was completed. Stilbitz showed how to use this calculator at a American Mathematical Society conference. The complex number calculator was considered to be the very first presontaion of remote access computing.
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  • Z3 Computer

    Z3 Computer
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    This is when the first Z3 computer was invented. The Z3 computer was an early computer built by the German engineer named Konrad Zuse. The Z3 computer used 2,300 relays and it had 22-bit word lenght. The computer was destroyed in a bombing raid of Berlin in 1943.
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  • The Antanasoff-Berry Computer

    The Antanasoff-Berry Computer
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    This is the year the very first Atanasoff- Berry Computer was invented. This computer was built in Iowa State University by a professor named John Vincent Antanasoff and a graduate student Clifford Berry. The Atanasoff- Berry Computer was able to solved complex equations.
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  • ENIAC Conputer

    ENIAC Conputer
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    This is when people began to construct the ENIAC. They built it at Moore School of Electrical Engineering in Philadelphia. The ENIAC stands for Electrical Number Integrator and Calculator.
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  • First Transistor

    First Transistor
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    This is when the very first transistor was develped. John Bareen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley invented the first transistor. Bell Labs management was informed by the inventors that they have invented the transistor.
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  • TX- 0

    TX- 0
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    TX- 0 was the first programmable and general purpose computer built with transistors. MIT researchers created the very first TX- 0. This computer had easy replacement because the creaters put each and ever transistor circuit inside a vacuum tube.
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  • I.C. System

    I.C. System
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    This is when the first prototype of I.C. systems was made. Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce were the inventors of the new system. The systems name stands for integtrated circuit system.
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  • First Minicomputer

    First Minicomputer
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    Digital Equipment Corp invented the first working minicomputer. This computer was called the PDP- 8 and it was sold for around $18,000. Sence the computer was smaller and had nice speed many companies wanted this computer.
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  • Kenbak-1

    Kenbak-1
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    This is when the first personal computer sold for $750 in Scientific America. John V. Blankenbaker was the inventor of the Kenbak- 1. After selling 40 or more machines in 1973 he stoped selling Kenbank- 1.
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  • World's First Laptop

    World's First Laptop
    Where I found This InformationThis is the when the world's first laptop was invented. The laptop was called T1100. The T1100 was designed and built in Tokyo by the company called Toshida. This laptop had rechargeable batteries, liquid crystal display screen, three inch floppy disk drive, and it was able to work with the IBM Corp.
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  • First Tablet

    First Tablet
    Where I Found This InformationThis is the year the first tablet was finished. The tablet was created by a man named Bill Gates and the company Microsoft. Bill Gates presented the Microsoft's Tablet PC at the COMDEX computer show in Los Vegas. He presented this in 2001.
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  • New Electrionics

    New Electrionics
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    This is the year were there are alot of new electronics. Apple made new products such as the Iphone 6 and the Ipod 6. Samsung also has new products like the gear watch, tablets, and phones.There is also many computer updates that are alot better than the very first every computer.
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