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Invented Analytical Enigines
*Reffered to as Father of Computing -
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Invented Hollerith Tabulating Machine
*Born in Buffalo, NY -
First computer to include certain fentures interfral to todays system.
*Made by Konrad Zuse -
US Government machine used to calculate settings used for weapons
*Could make 5,000 editions in seconds -
Last computer to use vaccum tubes
*Translated 5,000 characters per second -
More advanced computers, but still limited to how small they can be made
*Still relied on punch cards -
First commerically successful Electronic Digital Computer
*Built for both government and personal use -
Invented first intergrated circuit
*American Electrical Engineer -
Computers in early integrated circuit generation
*All information was lost when powered off -
Revolutionized Software Industry
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Wrote software for Microsoft
*Was a college Dropout -
This allowed users to interact with computer more easily
*First created for macintosh -
Uses Micropressor Chips
*CPU was main part -
First Personal Computer
*Assembled price was $621.00 -
Created Apple Computers and software
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First PC to come with monitor, keyboard, etc to come all together
*Assembled in Texas -
First word processing application
*Offered mail merge -
First electronic spreadsheet application
*Still available as a free download -
First Portable Computer
*Weighed nearly 24lbs -
First desktop publishing software
*Aldus was company who made this -
One of the first spreadsheets to use graphical interface
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Allowes users to view multimedia on the web
*First browser to display graphics and text -
Predominant player in browser software
*Profits doubled every quarter in 1995