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History of Computer Inventions

  • the analytical machine

    the analytical machine

    mechanical general purpose computer designed by Charles Babbage
  • von Neumann architecture

    von Neumann architecture

    A computer design with a CPU, and logic and memory units with inputs and outputs
  • ENIAC

    ENIAC

    Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
  • UNIVAC

    UNIVAC

    a line of electronic digital stored-program computers
  • high-level programming language

    high-level programming language

    enables a programmer to write complex programs
  • Personal Computer (PC)

    Personal Computer (PC)

    personal computer made for the common citizen
  • UNIX operating system

    UNIX operating system

    family of multitasking computer operating systems
  • holes in cards

    holes in cards

    computer cards containing commands for controlling automated machinery
  • Altair

    Altair

    microcomputer based on the Intel 8080 CPU
  • CRAY-1

    CRAY-1

    supercomputer designed, manufactured and marketed by Cray Research
  • Apple, Inc.

    Apple, Inc.

    established by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne
  • first electronic spreadsheet

    first electronic spreadsheet

    VisiCalc, originally made for Apple II
  • Macintosh

    Macintosh

    a series of personal computers designed and marketed by Apple, inc.
  • Windows

    Windows

    most used operating system today