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The analytical machine
as a proposed mechanical general-purpose computer designed by English mathematician and computer pioneer Charles Babbage -
Holes in cards
a piece of stiff paper that contained either commands for controlling automated machinery or data for data processing applications -
von Neumann architecture
describes a design architecture for an electronic digital computer with parts consisting of a processing unit containing an arithmetic logic unit. -
ENIAC
technologythe first electronic general-purpose computer -
UNIVAC
the name of a line of electronic digital stored-program computers starting with the products of the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation -
high-level programming language
enables a programmer to write programs that are more or less independent of a particular type of computer -
.UNIX
operating system, a family of multitasking, multiuser computer operating systems that derive from the original AT&T Unix -
Altair
A-type main sequence star with an apparent visual magnitude of 0.77 and is one of the vertices of the Summer Triangle -
Apple
designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics -
CRAY-1
technologya supercomputer designed, manufactured and marketed by Cray Research -
First electronic spreadsheet
an interactive computer application for organization, analysis and storage of data in tabular form. -
Macintosh
a series of computers designed by apple -
Windows
a metafamily of graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft -
PC
genaeral-purpose computer for individuals
