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computers

  • The Analytical machine

    The Analytical machine

    It was going to have the ability to hold data. It was never made till the 1940s.
  • ENIAC

    ENIAC

    It was one thousand times faster than electro-mechanical machines.
  • UNIVAC

    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

    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

    UNIX operating system

    Was owned by AT&T.
  • Windows

    Windows

    Started out as a small partnership. They had a vision of a computer on every desktop in every home.
  • Altair

    Altair

    It was a microcomputer. Thousands bought it in its build it yourself version.
  • Apple

    Apple

    They design, develop and sell consumer electronics. They are the worlds second largest electronic information technology company.
  • CRAY-1

    CRAY-1

    Became one of the most successful super computers in history. It looks like a big cylinder sitting on a thick plate.
  • PC

    PC

    Was made for personal use. Stands for “personal computer”.
  • First electronic spreadsheet

    First electronic spreadsheet

    It came out on the “Apple II”. It was considered a 4th generation software program.
  • Holes in cards

    Holes in cards

    It’s a flexible card that holds data. It commonly held 80 characters.
  • Macintosh

    Macintosh

    Steve jobs introduced the Mac in 1984. It was practically a big box with a small screen.
  • Von Neumann architecture,

    Von Neumann architecture,

    It was a computer with a fixed processor. Some things still use this such as a calculator.0