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ENIAC
ENIAC stand for Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
It was initially commissioned for the use in World War II, but not completed until one year after the war had ended.
It is now at the University of Pennsylvania. -
Sage
SAGE stands for ,Semi-Automatic Ground Environment
It was designed to help the Air Force track radar data in real time.
weighed 300 tons and occupied one floor of a concrete blockhouse. -
NEAC 2203
Manufactured by the Nippon Electric Company.
It was used for business, scientific and engineering applications.
One of the earliest transistorized Japanese computers. -
CDC 6600
It was designed by noted computer architect Seymour Cray.
It retained its speed crown until 1969, when Cray designed his next supercomputer. -
Dec PDP-8
The PDP wasThe first successful commercial minicomputer.
Sld more than 50,000 units upon its release, -
Interface Message Processor
Conceived at the height of the Cold War, when the U.S. government sought a way to keep its network of computers alive in case certain nodes were destroyed in a nuclear attack or other hostile act.
ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) -
Kenbak-1
Often considered the world's first "personal computer"
the Kenbak was touted as an easy-to-use educational tool, but it failed to sell more than several dozen units.
It had only 256 bytes of computing power and its only output was a series of blinking lights. -
Cray-1
At the time of its release, the Cray-1 was the fastest computing machine in the world.
It cost between $5 and $10 million!!!
It is one of the many machines designed by Seymour Cray. -
Apple-1
Initially conceived by Steve Wozniak as a build-it-yourself kit computer.
The suggested retail price was $666 -
IBM Personal Computer
Featuring an independent keyboard, printer and monitor.
Its immense commercial success made it the hallmark of personal computing for many years and led other manufacturers to produce similar desktop models. -
Osborne 1 Portable Computer
The Osborne weighed 24 lbs. and cost less than $2,000.
It gained popularity because of its low price and the extensive software library that came with it. -
Hewlett-Packard 150
Representing the first step in a technology widely available today, the HP 150 was the first commercially available computer with touch screen technology. -
Deep Blue
Begun at IBM in the late 80's, the Deep Blue project was an attempt at using parallel processing to solve a difficult problem. -
iPhone
The handy little device introduced by Apple CEO Steve Jobs in 2007 brings together internet access, a regular cell phone, camera and media player. -
iPad
It 's half an inch thick, weighs 1.5 pounds and features a 9.7 inch display
The device has a 10-hour battery life.
The Wi-Fi iPad begins at $499 while the 3G version begins at $629. -
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