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Punched Cards (PreComputers/Machines)
-Solid piece of paper
-Can hold digital information
-Info is shown by existence or nonappearance of holes -
Tabluating Machine (PreComputers/Machines)
-Machine used to help compile data
-Made to accelerate the process of the U.S Census
-Machine used punched cards -
Monroe Calculating Machine Calculator (PreComputers/Machines)
-Used for commercial use
-Can multiply/divide bug numbers -
HP 200A Audio Oscillator (PreComputers/Machines)
-Instrument that creates one pure sound or frequency at a time
-Used to make, and manage audio equipment -
Z3 (Early First Computers/devices)
-Used this machine to gain information on wing flutter
-Government did not fund b/c "not war important"
-Original was destroyed during war -
Colossus Computer (Early First Computers/devices)
-Used to read German messages during WW2
-Performed counting operations and algebra -
Harvard Mark I (Early First Computers/devices )
-Used in war effort
-Also printed and figured out math tables -
ENIAC (Early First Computers/devices)
-One of earliest electronic general-purpose computers invented
-Can solve huge amounts of numerical problems using reprogramming -
TX-2 (Computer going on internet)
-Used a sketchpad to write
-People all around the globe became connected through internet
-Can go on programs and gain data from any sites -
SYNCOM (Computer going on internet)
-First geosynchronous communications satellite
-Lead to the use of internet on computers -
Mac OS X (O/S evolution)
-Know for its simple but yet technologically advanced system
-Has evolved into a great computer system
-Not only is it now on computers but it's not on IOS -
Windows Xp (O/S evolution)
-Was a very popular system used in the past decade
-Graphics were better than past window versions -
HD-DVD (Data Storage advances)
-Used to store data
-Can rerun high quality videos
-Idea was eventually abandoned -
Windows 7 (O/S evolution)
-Redesigned taskbar
-Made to fix window visa's bad reception
-Improvments in Windows Aero -
Intel Atom (Processor evolution)
-Is a microprocessor made by Intel Corporation
-Used for hand held devices, netbooks and nettops
-Little cost, small power, and low performance -
Cloud Computing (Cloud computing)
-Able to share data from computers and devices immediately
-Very easy to use/handle
-Allows businesses to think more about their core instead of their money and infastructure
