History of computer- Ben Massarelli

By benjamin.massarelli
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    history of computer

  • Charles Babbage

    designed the automatic calcuator. the invention gave him the title of " father of computing".

  • Herman Hollerith

    first to use punch card concept to apply it to computing. his machine got so successful that he left the census bureau in 1896.

  • Z1 computer

    a mechanical calculator. Thought to be the first computer to include certain features to today's system.

  • first-generation computers

    used vacuum tubes to store data

  • Eniac

    First successful high-speed electonic digital computer. used nearly 18,0000 vacuum tubes and filled 1,800 sq. ft of space.

  • second-generation computers

    used transistors to store data

  • Univac

    First commerically successful electronic digital computer. Operated on magnetic tape setting it apart from competitors, which ran on punch cards.

  • Third-generation computers

    used integrated circuits.

  • Jack Kilby

    Invented the world's first integrated circuit. Was working at Texas Instruments when he invented the world's first integrated circuit.

  • BASIC

    was a language that beginning programming students could learn. Bill Gates and Paul Allen use BASIC for writing program for Alatir

  • Fourth-generation computer

    used mircoprocesser chips.

  • Introduction of the GUI

    File management system with directories and folders. The Alto was the first computer to use GUI.

  • Altair computer

    Was the first personal computer. It was primitive by today's standards: no keyboards, no monitor, and completely not user friendly.

  • Steve Jobs

    Formed the apple computer company. He was a college dropout.

  • Apple II

    It was the first computer to add read only memory for a operating system. Apple II was 1,300 dollars at the time ( about 5,011 in today's dollars).

  • WordStar

    First word processing application.

  • Visicalc

    First electronic spreadsheet application.

  • Bill Gates

    Cofounder of Microsoft. Gates wrote a OS program for IBM PCs

  • Osborne Computer

    It was the portable computer. Osborne solded 10,000 per month in the first year.

  • Pagemaker

    The first desktop publishing software.

  • excel

    One of the first spreadsheet to use a graphical user interface.

  • Mosaic

    This browser allowed users to view multimedia on the web. Increased Internet traffic by 350%.

  • Netscape

    Became one of the predomiant player in web browser software. In 1998, annouced that they won't charge for the product anymore and made the codes available for the public.