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Suanpan
The suanpan is a Chinese abacus. It was first used for counting, until later when addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, square roots, and cube roots were developed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suanpan -
1300
Jetons
The Jeton had marked lines of fives, tens and so on. Jetons were used to count and continued to be used until the nineteenth century in Europe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeton -
1350
Soroban
The Soroban was introduced from China's Suanpan in the Muromachi era. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soroban -
Napier's Boner
Invented in Britain by a man named John Napier. His invention was intended for mathematical purposes. He said that there was nothing more troubling than the greater numbers in math, therefore his invention fought those hindrances. https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/science-and-technology/napiers-bones/ -
Alan Turing Machine
The Turing machine was able to answer two questions in the negative. It is also an example of a CPU that controls all data manipulation done by a computer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_machine -
Z1 Computer
A mechanical computer designed by Konrad Zuse. The Z1 was the first freely programmable computer in the world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z1_(computer) -
Colossus Computer
The Colossus was a set of computers developed by British codebreakers during WWII. https://www.cryptomuseum.com/crypto/colossus/index.htm -
ENIAC
The ENIAC is the first digital computer used for general purposes. The computer was 30 feet by 60 feet weighing 30 tons and using 19,000 vacuum tubes. https://www.networkworld.com/article/2291664/eniac--world-s-first-digital-computer--turns-66.html -
Hard Disk Drive
Also known as an HDD introduced in 1956 by IBM. The HDD has a very high capacity of storage.
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Optical Disc
Also known as the DVD, the first was developed by a man named James T. Russell. It could be used to store many things including video programs.
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Bell 103 Modem
The second commercial modem for computers. It allowed digital data to be transmitted over regular telephone lines at 300 bits per second. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_103_modem -
Floppy Disk Drive
The floppy disk drive is a magnetic storage device that stores data from computers. The floppy disk drive was also one of the first portable hardware storages that could be rewritten.
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ARPANET
Developed under the direction of the U.S Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA). It was the network that became the basis for the Internet. https://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/definition/ARPANET -
Intel 4004
The intel 4004 was a 4 bit central processing unit. This model was one of the first processors to be made by intel.
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Intel 8088
Developed in Israel. When IMB were sold on the market this was the processor that came with it.
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World Wide Web
Commonly known as the web. It is an information system where documents and other web resources are identified by its Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web -
Broadband: the first decade
The broadband was invented and launched 19 years ago. It had a maximum speed of 512 kilobits per second. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/broadband-the-first-decade-1929515.html -
USB flash drive
The USB flash drive is a data storage device that includes a flash memory. Comparing to the old optical disc, the usb is much lighter and more efficient
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Cheetah X
The Cheetah X coasted 129 US dollars. It came with 128 MB of RAM, compared to the Macintosh computers it was a lot more since the Macintosh only had 64 MB of RAM. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_10.0 -
Windows XP
A personal computer OS created by Microsoft. One of the most known OS back in its days. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP -
Intel core 2
The intel core 2 was what made duo and quad core microprocessors the new norm.
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Leopard X
The Leopard X was released 10 years ago and is also 129 Us dollars. This version of OS is what's most familiar with us. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_Snow_Leopard -
Google Cloud
Google cloud is a cloud computing service made by google. It provides online storage for your documents.
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Azure
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iCloud
iCloud is a cloud computing service launched by Apple. iCloud allows iOS devices to be backed up wirelessly instead of doing it manually with another computer.
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Google Compute Engine
Google Compute Engine is a cloud service by google. This program enables users to launch Virtual Machines.
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Windows 10
The successor of windows 8.1. It is still the current operating system we use on most PC's. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_10 -
Ryzen AMD 7
The biggest competitor compared to the Intel line of processors. Offers greater multicore threading than intel but lists it as the same price as an intel processors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryzen
