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J. H. Müller, an engineer , conceived of the idea of a difference machine. This was described in a book published in 1786, but Müller was unable to obtain funding to progress with the idea.
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Babbage proposed the idea of a difference engine but ran out of money and funding to created the actual prototype.
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Used for sound effects,
8 we’re used and orded by Disney during1940 used for the Disney movie ‘fantasia’ Now that company is also known as HP -
Colossus was the world's first computer. The Colossus computers were developed for British codebreakers during World War II to help in the cryptanalysis of the Lorenz cipher.
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Punch cards were used mostly for work to sign in and out of your job.
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AT&T created its first commercial modem, the dataphone.
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First industrial robot, is 4,000lbs.
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The first e-mail was sent by Ray Tomlinson
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A classic old school game which was inspired by ping pong.
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Apple I was created by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne
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Nearly every computer and desktops and servers in use today contains one or more hard-disk drives.
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PIXAR is a special effects company founded by Disney
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Lots of movies, music and recordings are stored in CDS
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Can store around 100MB, later versions were made to store 2GB
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One of the most popular browsers was founded on September the 8th in 1998
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USBs are used to save and stored documents and files and are portable
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The first Xbox video game console was created at 2001
