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The Analytical machine
It was going to have the ability to hold data. It was never made till the 1940s. -
ENIAC
It was one thousand times faster than electro-mechanical machines. -
UNIVAC
It stands for “Universal Automatic computer 1”. It was used to predict who would win the presidential election of 1952. -
High-level Programming Language
It’s a program with strong abstraction from the details of the computer. It allows for programming to be earlier. -
UNIX operating system
Was owned by AT&T. -
Windows
Started out as a small partnership. They had a vision of a computer on every desktop in every home. -
Altair
It was a microcomputer. Thousands bought it in its build it yourself version. -
Apple
They design, develop and sell consumer electronics. They are the worlds second largest electronic information technology company. -
CRAY-1
Became one of the most successful super computers in history. It looks like a big cylinder sitting on a thick plate. -
PC
Was made for personal use. Stands for “personal computer”. -
First electronic spreadsheet
It came out on the “Apple II”. It was considered a 4th generation software program. -
Holes in cards
It’s a flexible card that holds data. It commonly held 80 characters. -
Macintosh
Steve jobs introduced the Mac in 1984. It was practically a big box with a small screen. -
Von Neumann architecture,
It was a computer with a fixed processor. Some things still use this such as a calculator.0
