Computer History Project

By chris.oakes

  • The Type Writer

    The Type Writer
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    The type writer is a mechanicaldevice with keys that allows words to be printed on paper much faster than writing with the hand. the first typewriter was created by Austin Burt and was orriginally called the typowriter

  • The Father of Computing

    The Father of Computing
    Computer HopeCharles Babbage is considered to be the father of the computer after his concept of the analytical engine. in 1910 he completed his creation that was able to make simple calculations.

  • Differential Analyzer

    Differential Analyzer
    homepagesThe differential Analyzer created by Vannevar Bush is introduced at the first serious attempt at building a computer. It was designed to do many scientific comutations.

  • Tran Resistor

    Tran Resistor
    [Homepages](>http://homepages.vvm.com/~jhunt/compupedia/History of Computers/history_of_computers_1940.htm)
    The trans resistor or transistor is invented by John Bardeen, Walter Brattian and William Shockley at the AT&T Bell labrotories. The new transistor is less breakable, quicker, uses less power and produces less that heat than a vaccume tube.

  • ENIAC Invented

    ENIAC Invented
    [wikipedia](<a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC)' >wikipedia</a>The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer was the first computer in the world.it was develpoed for the united states army.in cost 500,000 to make and was the size of a room.

  • Internet

    Internet
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    The internet is a huge spiderweb that connects all computers together.it allows things to be sent from computer to computer and for browsing websites to be possible.

  • Keyboard

    Keyboard
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    At MIT, researchers began experimenting on a keyboard imput on computers. A forerunner of todays normal mode of opperation.

  • Integrated Circut

    Integrated Circut
    HomepagesJack KIlby created the first integrated circut at Texas Instruments to prove that resistors and capasitors could exist ont he same piece semiconductor material.

  • BASIC

    BASIC
    HomepagesIn 1964 Thomas Kurtz and John Kemeny created BASIC. BASIC is an easy to learn programing language made for their students at Dartmouth college MA.

  • IBM 5100 Portable Computer

    IBM 5100 Portable Computer
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    the IBM 5100 was one of the first protable computers. It was created 6 years before the IBM PC came out.

  • Apple

    Apple
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    Apple was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. It is a corporation that sells computers phones and other electronic devices.

  • Portable Computers Become Popular

    Portable Computers Become Popular
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    The Osborne 1 was the first commercially sucessful portable computer . It weighed 23 pounds. It costed $1,173 which was more afordable that the computers befoer it.

  • IBM Personal Computer

    IBM Personal Computer
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    The first PC to come out was the IBM 5150.It was cretaed by a team of engineers and designers under the direction of Don Estridge.

  • Python

    Python
    PythonPython is a object oriented computer programing language. it is easy to use and runs on all computer MAC, PC and Windows. it is often used in high level calsses to teach computer programing.

  • Tablets

    Tablets
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    The first tablet computer PC was created by microsoft in the year 2000. It ran on a software called Microsoft Windows OS.and was designed for buisness and note taking.