Computer Literacy

  • 500

    Abacus

    Abacus
    A counting frame
  • The analytical machine

    The analytical machine
    General use computer
  • Holes in cards

    Holes in cards
    Stiff paper that has commands for controlling machinery
  • UNIVAC

    UNIVAC
    Electronic digital stored-program computers
  • Von Neumann architecture

    The design for a digital computer
  • ENIAC

    ENIAC
    First electronic general use computer
    ENIAC article
  • High-level programming language

    Write programs that are independent of a particular type of computer
  • UNIX operating system

    Computer operating system
    Article on UNIX
  • Altair

    Microcomputer in a CPU
  • PC

    Personal Computer
    The first personal computer
  • CRAY-1

    Supercomputer
  • Apple

    Apple
    Designs and sells electronics
    Apple Home page
  • First electronic spreadsheet

    First electronic spreadsheet
    VisiCalc- interactive computer app to organize and store data
  • Macintosh

    Macintosh
    Apple's first personal computer
    Apple's website
  • Windows

    Windows
    Operating systems by Microsoft
    Micorsoft website