History of computers

By cody.miller

  • Charles Babbage

    designed the first automatic calculator.

  • Herman Hollerith

    took first punch card and turned it into computing

  • z1 computer

    first computer to include certain features.

  • Eniac

    U.S. govt. sponsered machine developed to calculate settings used for weapons.

  • 1st Generation computers

    last to use vacuum tubes to store data

  • 2nd Generation computers

    transisitors were limited to how small they could be

  • jack kilby

    worked at TI invented the worlds first integrated circuit.

  • 3rd generation computers

    early integrated circuit generation

  • BASIC

    language that students could easily learn

  • Bill gates

    Even richher man! founded microsoft.

  • 4th generation computers

    computers that use a microprocesser chip.

  • Introduction of the GUI

    interact with the computer more easily.

  • Altair Computer

    No keyboard or monitor

  • Steve Jobs

    A very rich man!!! Created the first apple computer!

  • Apple II

    Featured color monitor, sound, and game paddles.

  • Wordstar

    first word processing application

  • Visicalc

    first electronic application.

  • Osbourne computer

    First "portable" computer

  • Pagemaker

    The first desktop publishing software

  • Excel

    first spreadsheet to use a graphical user interface

  • Mosaic

    Allowed users to view multimedia on the web.

  • netscape

    web browser which soon became a predominant player in browser software.