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Cards are stiff pieces of paper that contained commands. Commands and data are represented by holes in the card.
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Analytical A proposed mechanical general- purpose computer.
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The first written description of how an electronic computer should store programs and processes information.
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The first electronic general purpose computer. It was capable to be reprogrammed to solve “a large class of numerical problems”.
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Altair A “microcomputer” made off of the intel 8080 CPU.
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An electronical computer that contains thousands of vacuum tubes which use punch cards for outputting and storing data.
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It is a programming language that may hide important parts of computing systems.
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PC An inexpensive computer meant for an individual user which is all based on the microprocessor.
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UNIX The first program to be written in a high level programming language.
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Apple A company that makes their own computers and other technologies.
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A super-computer.
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VisiCalc was the first spreadsheet computer program for computers, originally for apple 2.
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An easy to use low cost computer for the average consumer.
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Windows An operating environment created by Microsoft.
