Computer History-Sydney Skiles

  • The Analytical Machine

    The Analytical Machine
    The analytical machine was proposed mechanical general- purpose computer designed by Charles Babbage
  • Holes in Cards

    Holes in Cards
    Holes in cards is a stiff piece of paper that contained either commands for controlling automated machinery or data.
  • Von Neumann architecture

    Von Neumann architecture
    Von Neumann architecture is a computer architecture based on the mathematician and physicist John Von Neumann.
  • ENIAC

    ENIAC
    The first electronic computer used for general purposes, such as solving numerical problems.
  • UNIVAC

    UNIVAC
    The UNIVAC (UNIVersal automatic computer) was the first commercial computer produced in the United States.
  • High-level programming language

    High-level programming language
    This enables programmers to write programs that are more or less independent of a particular type of computer.
  • UNIX operating system

    UNIX operating system
    UNIX operating system is a multitasking system written in high-level programming information
  • Altair

    Altair
    The Altair is was the first personal computer.
  • PC

    PC
    A PC is a microcomputer designed for use by one person at a time.
  • CRAY-1

    CRAY-1
    The CRAY-1 was a supercomputer designed by Cray Research.
  • Apple

    Apple
    Apple Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication .
  • First electronic spreadsheet

    First electronic spreadsheet
    The first application to display and organize data.
  • Macintosh

    Macintosh
    The first widely-sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI) and a mouse.
  • Windows

    Windows
    A computer os with a graphical user interface.