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The history of computers

  • The word "computer"

    The word "computer" was originally used to describe a human who performed calculations or computations
  • The first mechanical computer

    It was created by Charles Babben, but it doesn't resemble, what most peaple today, wouldn't consider a computer.
  • IBM

    IBM
    Herman Hollerith designed a punch card system to calculate the 1880 cencus, saving the government 5 MILLION, and accomplishing the task.
    He later founded IBM.
  • JV. Atanasoff

    He was a prefessor about physics and math at the Iowa State University, tryed to make the first computer without gears, cams, belts, or shafts.
  • Clifford Berry

    Clifford Berry
    Clifford Berry was Atnanasoff's student, they both designed a computer to solve 29 equations at one time.This marks the first time was able to store info on its main memory.
    (NOT ACUALLY CLIFFORD BERRY
    Just a guy name Barry)
  • Grace Hopper

    Developed the first computer language, which eventually was known as COBAL.
  • FORTRAN

    FORTRAN
    The FORTRAN programming was made.
  • The GUI

    Douglas Engalbart showed a prototype of the modern computer, with the mouse and Graphical
  • Intel

    Intel
  • Alan Shugart

    Alan Shugart
    Alan leads a team of iBm engineers who invented the floppy disk.
  • ENIAC

    ENIAC
    The US Federal Judge, Earl R. Larson, signed his decision that the ENIAC by J.Presper Eckert and John Mauchly.
  • Apple I

    Apple I
    Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak make the Apple 1 on April fools day. The first computer with a single circut board..
  • Apple II

    Apple II
    The apple 2 was the first computer with color graphics and audio cassets.
  • Windows

    Windows
    Microsoft announces WINDOWS to compete with apple's GUI.
    the Commodore unviels the Amiga 1000, which has video and audio capabilites.
  • Windows 10

    Windows 10
    Windows 10 is the most recent computer, when speaking about operating systems, its very similer to Windows 8 (which is what I use) but, as they say, its more like Windows 7.