History of Technology

By thesage
  • The First Language

    The First Language
    sourceKonrad Zuse in Germany made the fist programming language.It was called Plankalkul or Plan Calculus.It made theoretical preconditions to solve general problems.
  • ENIAC

    ENIAC
    sourceCreated by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert made the elctronic calculating machine.It was used by the U.S. Army in WWII.Artillery firing tables for the Army were made faster and easier.
  • SpaceWar

    SpaceWar
    sourceSpace War wa sone of the first computer games.A progrmmer at MIT named Steve Russell was the inventer of the game.The game was made on a PDP-1.
  • IBM and the System/360

    IBM and the System/360
    sourceIBM made six mutually compatible computers that worked together.40 peripherals were included in the system.IBM became more electronic after.
  • C

    C
    sourceC was made in Bell Laboratories by Dennis Ritchie.It was made to be used with the Unix operating system.Most of the Unix kernel was made in C.
  • ARPANET-First Computer

    ARPANET-First Computer
    Source The ARPANET was the first network created by the U.S. Department of Defense.The TCP/IP protocol was created which is still used in today's computer networks.
  • Floppy Disc

    Floppy Disc
    sourceIBM created the floppy disc as the first memory disc.The disc was 8 inches long and flexible.On the magnetic surface of the disc data was written and read.
  • Ethernet

    Ethernet
    sourceThe Ethernet was created by Robert Metcalfe. Metcalfe was a member of the Xerox team.The Ethernet is a computer network that connects to hardware.
  • The Amiga 1000

    The Amiga 1000
    sourceThe Amiga was a computer designed by Jay Miner.It was able to produce audio and video.Add-ons allowed the computer to be upgraded.It sold for $1,295 withot a monitor.
  • Python

    Python
    sourcePython was made by Guido Van Rossum.It was made to fix [roblems in the ABC language.It is also use din Youtube.
  • Apple's System 7

    Apple's System 7
    sourceIn 1992 the Apple Macintosh Sysetem 7 was made.Cooperative multitasking was made a standard feature in System 7.Virtual memory and the balloon help system was also developed.
  • PHP

    PHP
    sourcePHP is used for open source general purpose scripting.20 million websites are made with PHP.Facebook also uses PHP.
  • Javascript

    Javascript
    sourceThe language is meant to be used on the client browser.Onservers it is now being used as node.js.Javascript is also use on the website Rackspace.
  • Mini Computers

    Mini Computers
    sourceNokia produced a computer small enough to fit in a phone.The phone was able to connect to the internet and was much more portable.
  • iMac

    iMac
    sourceThe iMAc was opne of the first PCs with style.It did not have as many external cords as other computers.The computer also made alternative storage tols popular.