Computers

By kailgir

  • Analytical Engine

    Analytical Engine
    The analytical engine was invented by Charles Babbage, was the first mechanical computer, used primarily as a calculator

  • Hollerith Punch Card

    Hollerith Punch Card
    Marked the beginning era of computing and binary code, used to both capture and read data.

  • Turing Machine

    Turing Machine
    A mathematical model of computation that simulates a machine that reads and writes symbols on a tape to perform computations.

  • Hp

    Hp
    Was created in a Garage and one of the creators first customers was Disney for audio equipment

  • Grace Hopper

    Grace Hopper
    Grace Hopper created the COBOL(Common Business-Oriented Language)

  • Apple

    Apple
    Invented by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, created to make computers accessible and more user friendly.

  • GUI

    GUI
    First GUI system was invented by Alan Kay, Douglas Engelbart, and other researchers at Xerox PARC. Created to connect people through a network to share information in real time

  • Windows

    Windows
    Created as a graphical operating system for MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in GUI

  • Tim Berners Lee

    Tim Berners Lee
    Creator of the WWW (World Wide Web) created it to meet a need from scientists to share information between institutes.

  • WiFi

    WiFi
    WiFi was created in 1997 and was originally only able to produce up to 2 Mbit/s link speeds

  • IPhone

    IPhone
    Was created to combine the functionality of a music player, phone, and computer all in one. The most used Phone in the US.

  • ChromeBook

    ChromeBook
    Created to make computing faster, easier and more secure, also a very cheap computer and easy to acquire

  • Apple Watch

    Apple Watch
    Made to replace the time people used looking at their phone, used better as a piece of equipment for tracking a workout or to track other devices.