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Punched cards were first developed to "program" cloth-making machinery and looms, however, a company "IBM" saw potential in these cards as they were able to speed up data-processing if proper punched card technology was created.
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The world's first general purpose computer as its inventors wanted to create a machine to perform any calculations of its time.
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The Von Neumann Architecture was one of the first forms of the modern computer as it featured a processing unit, an i/o unit and a storage unit that are all connected over buses.
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ENIAC or the "Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer" was one of the first computers to run at electronic speed, unable to be slowed by mechanical parts.
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UNIVAC was the world's first consumer computer
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A high-level programming language allows programmers to write programs that are more or less independent of a particular type of computer.
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UNIX is an operating system that is made up of three parts; the kernal, the shell and the programs.
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Altair 8800 was the world's first consumer "build-it-yourself" micro-computer kit.
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A personal computer is a general-purpose computer whos capabilities were made affordable by the average consumer.
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CRAY-1 was a huge machine that had the capabilities of a powerful microprocessor.
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Steve Job and Wozniak set up shop in Job's parent's garage. The duo ventured as Apple, as the two later began pitching their own idea of a PC.
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The first Electronic Spreadsheet allows its user to summarize information from various paper sources and prevent the infos in a format to see the "bigger picture"
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Wanting to innovate the computer market, Apple released the Machintosh to combat the standards by IBM
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Microsoft released an operating system in which allows user to get familiar with a new computer peripheral, the mouse.
