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History of A Computer

By makayla.hollins
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    The History of an Computer

    The History of an Computer
    The ENIAC was invented by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly at the University of Pennsylvania and began construction in 1943 and was not completed until 1946. It occupied about 1,800 square feet and used about 18,000 vacuum tubes, weighing almost 50 tons.
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    Analytical Engine

    Analytical Engine
    In December 1837, the British mathematician Charles Babbage published a paper describing a mechanical computer that is now known as the Analytical Engine. Anyone intimate with the details of electronic computers will instantly recognize the components of Babbage's machine.

  • Calculator

    Calculator
    In 1939, Bell Telephone Laboratories completes this calculator, designed by scientist George Stibitz. In 1940, Stibitz demonstrated the CNC at an American Mathematical Society conference held at Dartmouth College. Stibitz stunned the group by performing calculations remotely on the CNC (located in New York City) using a Teletype terminal connected via to New York over special telephone lines. This is likely the first example of remote access computing.

  • Keyboard

    Keyboard
    The invention of the computer keyboard begins with the typewriter. The invention of the modern computer keyboard began with the invention of the typewriter. Christopher Latham Sholes patented the typewriter that we commonly use today in 1868.

  • Server

    Server
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    1991 – NeXTCube, first web server. ... Sir Tim Berners-Lee put the first web page online on August 6, 1991 while working for CERN in Geneva Switzerland. He also designed the first web browser and editor, WorldWideWeb, on this machine.Jan 8, 2012

  • Global Internet

    Global Internet
    A new communications protocol was established called Transfer Control Protocol/Internetwork Protocol (TCP/IP). ... ARPANET and the Defense Data Network officially changed to the TCP/IP standard on January 1, 1983, hence the birth of the Internet. All networks could now be connected by a universal language

  • Apple Computer

    Apple Computer
    Apple's inoventions would continue for years. They came out with the iPhone and the App Store, and eventually the iPad.