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Keandrea Sykes - Computer History

  • Charles Babbage

    Charles Babbage

    Orginated the concept of a "programmable computer" "Father of the computer"
  • Herman Hollerith

    Herman Hollerith

    Developed a mechanical tabulator based on punch cards to rapidly tabulate statistics from millions of pieces of data.
  • Jack Kilby

    Jack Kilby

    An electrical engineer, inventor on the handheld calculator.
  • Z1 Computer

    Z1 Computer

    First freely programmable computer in the world. Orginal name Z1 for ZerussuchsModell1
  • 1st Generation Computer

    1st Generation Computer

    Used vacuum tubes as basic components for memory
  • Eniac

    Eniac

    Speed up to 1000 timnes of electro mechanical machines. The first electronic general purpose computer.
  • Univac

    Univac

    First general purpose computer for commercial use. Operated on magnetic tape
  • 2nd Generation Computers

    2nd Generation Computers

    The transulator replaced the vacuum tape.
  • Steve Jobs

    Steve Jobs

    CEO of Apple and is known as the "Father of the Digital Revolution"
  • Bill Gates

    Bill Gates

    Cheif executive of Microsoft and is the second richest person in the world.
  • 3rd Generation Computers

    3rd Generation Computers

    Transistors were miniaturized and picked on silicon chips which increased speed and efficiency.
  • BASIC

    BASIC

    Used to create financial, statistical, & engineering programs. The designers of the language decided to make the computer free of charge so the language would be widdespread.
  • 4th Generation Computers

    4th Generation Computers

    The 4004 chip, CPU & memory to the input and output are now ona single chip.
  • Altair Computer

    Altair Computer

    Only 256 bytes of memory, no keyboard or monitor. It was offered as a complete kit for $397.
  • Apple II

    Apple II

    Built by Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak. One of the most highly successful mass-produced microcomputer products.
  • Wordstar

    Wordstar

    Word processor application that had a dominant market share.
  • Osborne Computer

    Osborne Computer

    5 inch screen and the average cost was $1,795. It sold about 11,000 Osborne's in the first 8 months.
  • VisiCaic

    VisiCaic

    The first spreedsheet program orginally released for Apple II.
  • Pagemaker

    Pagemaker

    One of the first desktop publishing programs.
  • Introduction of the GUI

    Introduction of the GUI

    Allowed users to interact with the computer more easily.
  • Excel

    Excel

    A spreedsheet application that features graphing, tools, and calculations.
  • Netscape

    Netscape

    U.S computer service company, known for its web browser.
  • Mosaic

    Mosaic

    Web browser created with popularizing the world wide web. First browser to display images inline with text,