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computer history scavenger hunt

  • the analytical machine

    the analytical machine

    proposed mechanical general purpose computer design by English mathematician
  • holes in cards

    holes in cards

    a card perforated for a code, for controlling the operation of the machine
  • Von Neumann architecture

    Von Neumann architecture

    computer architecture based on that described in 1945 by the mathematician and physicist john Von Neumann
  • high level programming language

    high level programming language

    a programing language that enables a program to write programs that are more or less independent of a particular type of computer.
  • ENIAC

    ENIAC

    first electronic general purpose computer
  • univac

    univac

    was the first commercial computer
  • UNIX operating system

    UNIX operating system

    family of multitasking, multiuser operating systems
  • Altair

    Altair

    the world's first personal computer to attract a substantial amount of users
  • cray-1

    cray-1

    supercomputer by cray research
  • Apple

    Apple

    american multinational technology company
  • first electronic spreadsheet

    first electronic spreadsheet

    visicalc is the first electronic spreadsheet on a microcomputer, helped turn the apple 2 into a popular widespread system.
  • PC

    PC

    a personal computer
  • macintosh

    macintosh

    first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user intersurface
  • windows

    windows

    a computer operating system with a graphical user intersurface