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Nintendo 1889
Q) Nintendo was invented when and by whom?
A) Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, dreamed up and built the original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1983.
The company was started in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi. -
ABC 1939-1942
Q)Antanasoff-Berry-Computer (ABC) was invented when and by whom?
A)The Atanasoff Berry Computer, later named the ABC, was built at Iowa State University from 1939-1942 by physics professor Dr. John Vincent Atanasoff and his graduate student, Clifford Berry. -
First Generation 1946-1958
Q) What is the time frame of the first generation of computers invented?What significant invention allowed computers to work for the first generation? A) The first computer generation appeared in 1946-1958. It is the era of vacuum tubes. The computers of this era were huge, very expensive, slow and had limited application capabilities. The first computer that had vacuum tubes was constructed in 1946 by J. P. Eckert and J. Mauchly. Their machine was called ENIAC (Electronc Numerical Integrator -
Game Consoles
Q)Game consoles were invented when and by whom?
A) Ralph H. Baer conceived the idea of a home video game in 1951. In the 1960s he created a working video game console at Sanders Associates, but struggled for years to find a television manufacturer willing to produce the console. -
Second Generation 1959-1964
Q) What is the time frame of the Second generation of computers invented? What significant invention allowed computers to work for the second generation? A) The second generation of computers lasted from 1959-1964. It was a very short era. The vacuum tubes were replaced by transistors. Actually, the invention of a transistor had a huge influence on the development of electronics. -
DEC PDP-8 1960-1990
Q) DEC PDP-8 (Digital Equipment Corporation) was invented when and by whom?
A) Digital Equipment Corporation, also known as DEC and using the trademark Digital, was a major American company in the computer industry from the 1960s to the 1990s. It was a leading vendor of computer systems, including computers, software, and peripherals, and its PDP and successor VAX products were the most successful of all minicomputers in terms of sales. -
Third Generation 1964-1971
Q)What is the time frame of the third generation of computers invented?What significant invention allowed computers to work for the third generation?
A) The invention of integrated circuits were another great step in developing semiconductors technologies. The third computer generations appeared. The third generation lasted from 1964 to 1971. -
Minicomputers
Q)Minicomputer was invented when and by whom?
A)Kenneth Olsen in 1965 -
PC
Q)Personal computer was invented when and by whom?
A)It was designed and invented by John Blankenbaker of Kenbak Corporation in 1970, and was first sold in early 1971 -
E-Books 1971
Q)E-books were invented when and by whom?
A)In 1971, Michael Hart, founder of The Gutenberg Project, acquired millions of dollars worth of mainframe use with no project in mind. It was near the 4th of July, and the groceries he'd bought had a free copy of the Declaration of Independence included with them. The ideas clicked in his head, and he typed up the Declaration of Independence on the mainframe that night, ready for free electronic distribution. -
Fourth Generation 1971-1981
Q)What is the time frame of the fourth generation of computers invented?What significant invention allowed computers to work for the fourth generation?A)The appearance of microprocessor allowed the fourth generation of computers to appear. This happed in 1971. At the moment we still have fourth generation computers. Microprocessor is a device that have thousand integrated circuits (millions of transistors) built in one silicon chip. -
Digital Camera 1975
Q)Digital camera was invented when and by whom?
A)Steven Sasson as an engineer at Eastman Kodak invented and built the first electronic camera using a charge-coupled device image sensor in 1975 -
Microcomputer 1975
Q)Microcomputer was invented when and by whom?
A)1975: Ed Roberts, the "father of the microcomputer" -
Apple 1976
Q)Apple computer was invented when and by whom?
A) On April Fool's Day, 1976, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs released the Apple I computer and started Apple Computers. The Apple I was the first with a single circuit board used in a computer. -
Laptop
Q)Laptop was invented when and by whom?
A) Adam Osborne in 1981. It was called 'Osborne 1' and cost $1795. -
Kodak DCS 100 1986
Q)Kodak DCS (Digital Camera System 100) was invented when and by whom?
A)In 1975 Kodak engineer Steven Sasson invented the first digital still camera, which used a Fairchild 100 x 100 pixel CCD. By 1986 Kodak had developed a sensor with 1.4 million pixels. -
Web Cam
Q)Web cam was invented when and by whom?
A)The first webcam was invented back in 1991 by the Cambridge University science department. It is not known who the actual inventor was. -
SmartPhones
Q)Smartphones was invented when and by whom?
A) One specific person did not invent the smartphone, instead a company did. IBM invented the smartphone. It was invented in 1992. The name of the first smartphone was SIMON. -
Fifth Generation 2013-Beyond
Q)What is the time frame of the fifth generation of computers invented?What significant invention allowed computers to work for the fifth generation?
A)Fifth generation computing devices, based on artificial intelligence, are still in development, though there are some applications, such as voice recognition, that are being used today. The use of parallel processing and superconductors is helping to make artificial intelligence a reality. -
IMB and PC
Q) IBM PC (International Business Machines personal computer) was invented when and by whom?
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