Computers History

By marco2102

  • Calculators

    The first calculator was created in 1642. Its inventor was Blaise Pascal, whose father was an accountant. With only 19 years old, he created the calculating machine to free his father from the boring job of adding columns of numbers over and over again.

  • Charles Babbege

    Charles Babbage FRS was a British computer scientist and mathematician who designed and developed a mechanical calculator capable of calculating tables of numerical functions by the method of differences.

  • Who invented the computers and when?

    The invention of the digital computer is attributed to Atanasoff and Berry. Charles Babbage invented the concept of a programmable computer around 1856. It partly depends on what we mean by "equipment", but the first statement is that Charles Babbage invented the first programmable computer but he did not have the money so Konrad Zuse in 1936 invent the Z1 the first programmable computer.

  • ELEKTRO

    In 1937 the year which is considered the creation of the first humanoid robot. ELEKTRO, this is the nickname of the first robot in history. Which was created by the Pittsburgh headquarters, Westinghouse Electric Corporation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW0P9Ify_-c

  • Satellites

    On October 4, 1957, the first artificial satellite in history, Sputnik I, was first successfully launched, the first of several satellites launched by the Soviet Union in its Sputnik program. It was launched from Kazakhstan, formerly part of the USSR. His name, in Russian, means "fellow traveler".

  • Perforated cards

    The punched card or simply card is a sheet made of cardboard containing information in the form of perforations according to a binary code.
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    Performed card

    The punched card or simply card is a sheet made of cardboard containing information in the form of perforations according to a binary code.

  • Douglas Engelbart

    Douglas Engelbart shows a prototype of the modern computer, with a mouse and a graphical user interface (GUI). This marks the evolution of the computer from a specialized machine for scientists and mathematicians to technology that is more accessible to the general public.

  • Tablet

    It was the American engineer Alan Kay the first to propose something very similar to a tablet in 1968.

  • Intel

    Intel was founded on July 18, 1968 as Integrated Electronics Corporation (although a common mistake is that "Intel" comes from the word intelligence) by semiconductor pioneers Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore, and often associated with executive management and the vision of Andrew Grove.

  • First Phone

    On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper, director of Motorola, made the first call from a DynaTAC 8000X mobile phone from a New York street, precisely to his biggest rival in the telephone sector: Joel Engel, of the Bells. Labs of AT & T.

  • First computer with programs

    Radio Shack's initial production run of the TRS-80 was just 3,000. It sold like crazy. For the first time, non-geeks could write programs and make a computer do what they wished.

  • network computers

    A computer network, also called computer network or computer network, is a set of computers (computers or devices) connected by means of cables, signals, waves or any other method of data transport, which information (files), resources ( CD-ROM, printers)

  • Apple first portable computer

    Apple's Lisa is the first personal computer with a GUI. It also features a drop-down menu and icons. It flops but eventually evolves into the Macintosh. The Gavilan SC is the first portable computer with the familiar flip form factor and the first to be marketed as a "laptop."

  • Amiga 1000

    Microsoft announces Windows, according to Encyclopedia Britannica. This was the company's response to Apple's GUI. Commodore unveils the Amiga 1000, which features advanced audio and video capabilities.

  • The first windows computer

    Windows 1.0 was not a complete operating system; rather it was a graphic extension of MS-DOS. Windows version 2.0 was released in November 1987 and was a little more popular than its predecessor. Windows 2.03 (released in January 1988) included for the first time windows that could overlap each other.

  • First smartphone

    IBM Simon Personal Comunicator, whose prototype appeared for the first time in 1992, but its sale began in 1994.

  • PDA

    The first formal mention of the term and concept of PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) is from January 7, 1992 by John Sculley when presenting the Apple Newton, at the Consumer Electronics Show (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas (USA)

  • First social network

    The first virtual social network was called Six Degrees (sixdegrees.com) that emerged in 1997 and existed until 2001. The site was developed by the company called Macroview, which later became known as SixDegrees. This company had been founded by Andrew Winreich.

  • Wifi

    At the end of the 90 companies, Nokia or Symbol Technologies created the WECA (Wireless Ethernet Compatibility), which in 2003 was renamed the Wi-Fi Alliance, whose objective was the promotion of WiFi technology and the creation of standards so that equipment were compatible with each other.