Technology History

By Brittany.Hazel

  • ENIAC Invented

    ENIAC Invented
    Wikipedia
    ENIAC stands for Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer. The ENIAC was the first electronic general purpose computer. In Feburary of 1946 the ENIAC was determined to cost about $500,000.

  • SEAC

    SEAC
    Computer History Museum
    SEAC stands for Standards Eastern Automatic Computer. The SEAC was the first computer to use all-diode logic. This was technology that was more reliable than vacuum tubes.

  • DEC PDP-1

    DEC PDP-1
    Computer History Museum
    The DEC PDP-1 was sold for $120,000. The DED PDP-1 needed no air condtioner. It only required one operator.

  • AT&T Dataphone

    AT&T Dataphone
    Computer History Museum
    AT&T designed a datphone, which was the first commercial modem, specifically for ocnverting digital computer data to analog signals for transmission across long distance network.

  • IBM's SABRE Reservation System

    Computer History Museum
    SABRE reservation system, set up for American Airlines. They used it through telephone lines, which linked 2,000 terminalss in 65 cities to a pair of IBM 7090 computers, which delivered data on any flight in less than three seconds.

  • ARPANET

    ARPANET
    Wikipedia
    ARPANET stands for Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. Was one of the world's first operational packet switching networks.

  • First E-mail Sent

    First E-mail Sent
    Computer History Museum
    Ray Tomlinson of the research firm Bolt, Beranek and Newman sent the very first e-mail unintentionally. Ray was supposed to be working on other project. He was credited to be the one who decied on the "@" sign for e-mail. The e-mail was sent over a military network called ARPANET.

  • Apple 2

    Apple 2
    Wikipedia
    The Apple II is an 8-bit home computer. It was the first highly successful mass prduced microcomputer products. They first went on sale on June 10, 1977.

  • Seagate Technology First Hard Disk for Microcomputers

    Seagate Technology First Hard Disk for Microcomputers
    Computer History Museum
    Seagate Technology came out with the first hard disk for microcomputers, the ST506. The hard disk held 5 megabytes of data, which is five times as much as a standard floppy disk, plus it fit in the space of a floppy disk drive.

  • Osborne 1

    Osborne 1
    Osborne 1 Computers
    The Osborne 1 is considered to be the first portable full featured computer. The Osborne 1 is similar to a carrying case. It weighs 24.5 pounds.

  • Commodore 64

    Commodore 64
    Commodore 64 Computers
    Commodore 64 was extremely popular. More Commodore 64s have been sold than any other single computer system. The C64 looks nearly identical to the Commodore VIC-20. The C64 was more powerful with more features.

  • Iomeaga Zip Disk

    Iomeaga Zip Disk
    Computer History Mueseum
    The Iomega Zip Disk system allowed 100MB to be stored on a cartridge. The size of the cartridge was the size of 3 1/2 inch floppy disk. The storage was soon upgraded from 100MB to 2GB.

  • Mozilla Firefox Browser

    Mozilla Firefox Browser
    WikipediaHistory of the Internet
    On November 9, 2004 Mozilla releases the Mozilla Firefox browser. Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser for Windows, OS X, and Linux, with a mobile version for Android. In July of 2013, Firefox has between 16% and 21% of worldwide usage, which makes it the third most popular web browser.

  • Google Chrome

    Google Chrome
    Wikipedia
    Google Chrome is a freeware web browser developed by google. Googel Chrome has a 39% worldwide usage share of web browsers.

  • IPhone 5

    IPhone 5
    Wikipedia
    The IPhone 5 is slimmer and lighter layout of the IPhone. The screen in 4-inches.