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ENIAC (evolution)
The ENIAC was the supposedly first digital computer. It was used for the military and was the size of a large room.
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Stored Program Computer (evolution)
Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine was a computer that successfully ran a stored program.
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Computer Company (history)
The first computer company was the Electronic Controls Company. The company was made by many of the people who helped build the ENIAC.
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Hard Drive (history)
The first hard drive was in the RAMAC 305 system. The drive holds 5MB of data at $10,000 per megabyte.
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ARPANET (network)
The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network was the first computer network. Its purpose was to be used for the military and used TCP/IP protocol.
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Operating System (history)
The MDOS/MIDAS was the first operating system for Z80 S-100 bus machines. A terminal interrupts for input and output.
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WIFI (network)
Technolgy that allowed electronic devices to connect to a wireless LAN network. It was commercially available in August 1999 and was coined by Interbrand.
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Microprocessor (history)
Intel creates the first microprocessor, the Intel 4004. It had a 4-bit register and a clock speed of 740 kHz.
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Micro-Computer (evolution)
The Micral computer the first "micro-computer". It used the Intel 8008 processor and was the first commercial non-assembly computer.
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Ethernet (network)
A group of computer networks typically using LAN. It was commercially available in the 1980s and has been refined and upgraded to be better and eventually replaced LAN.
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Personal Computer (evolution)
Ed Roberts coined the term "personal computer" when he introduced the Altair 8800. The computer relied on a series of switches for inputting data and output data by turning on and off a series of lights.
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Laptop (evolution)
The IBM 5100, the first commercially available portable computer. It was based on the SCAMP prototype.
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USB Flash Drive (history)
Short for Universal Serial Bus, t is a data storage device that includes flash memory with an integrated USB interface. Trek launched the ThumbDrive at the CeBIT international trade fair for information technology and telecommunications solutions in Germany.
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Smartphone (history)
The touchscreen Ericsson R380 Smartphone was the first device marketed as a "smartphone". It combined a PDA with a mobile phone.
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Windows XP (history)
Windows XP is a personal computer operating system that was produced by Microsoft. Microsoft called the XP release its most important product since Windows 95.
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Iphone (history)
The iPhone 1 is a smartphone that was designed and marketed by Apple Inc. It featured quad-band GSM cellular connectivity with GPRS and EDGE support for data transfer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_(1st_generation)
