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History Of Tech
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Harvard Mark 1 Computer
Howard Aiken and Grace Hopper designed the MARK series of computers at Harvard University. The MARK series of computers began with the Mark I in 1944, and i chose it because it's the first of the MARK series -
Manchester Baby Computer & The Williams Tube
Sir Frederick Williams and Tom Kilburn co-invented the Williams-Kilburn Tube (or Williams Tube), a type of altered cathode-ray tube.
chose this event because it's the world's first stored-program electronic digital computer -
UNIVAC Computer
The Universal Automatic Computer or UNIVAC was a computer milestone achieved by Dr. Presper Eckert and Dr. John Mauchly. I chose this event because it' was the first commercial computer produced in the United States. -
IBM 701 EDPM Computer
IBM stands for International Business Machines, the largest computer company in the world today. I chose this one because it was the first commercially successful general-purpose computer -
Computer Mouse & Windows
Douglas Engelbart changed the way computers worked, I chose this because the computer went from specialized machinery that only a trained scientist could use, to a user-friendly tool that almost anyone can use. -
ARPAnet
Designed as a computer version of the nuclear bomb shelter, ARPAnet protected the flow of information between military installations by creating a network of geographically separated computers that could exchange information via a newly developed protocol. I chose this event because it was the world's first operational packet switching network and the progenitor of what was to become the global Internet. -
The Floppy Disk
The first floppy was an 8-inch flexible plastic disk coated with magnetic iron oxide; computer data was written to and read from the disk's surface. I chose this even because it was one of the first ways to store data -
The Ethernet Computer Networking
The ethernet is a system for connecting computers within a building using hardware running from machine to machine. It differs from the Internet, which connects remotely located computers by telephone line, software protocol and some hardware. i chose this event because we use ethernet cables a lot in our society now, even in school -
The IBM PC - Home Computer
Twelve engineers, led by William C. Lowe, assembled in Boca Raton, Florida, to design and build the "Acorn".( code name for the computer) On August 12, 1981, IBM released their new computer, re-named the IBM PC. I chose this event because although IBM is not a huge part of many technology users lives anymore, they still were innovators. -
Apple Macintosh Computer
The apple computer was relaesed I chose this event because Apple is such a huge part of america nowadays.
