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Antikythera mechanism
The Antiklythera is a ancient Greek analogue computer used to predict astronomical positions and eclipses for calendar and astrological purposes decades in advance. dating between 150 and 100 BC, is the world's oldest analog computer -
Pre Computers/ Machines
During the pre stages of computers they didn’t have the same function we have today as they were built to do simple math functions .The abacus made in the 1631 which was used basically as a calculator, which the creator ( Blaise Pascal) was credited for the invention of the computer. -
First data storage
The first effort of data storage was the punch cards, because they were used to communicate information to equipment before computers were invented. -
Machines
A step toward the development of computers was the development of punched cards, which were first successfully used in 1890 by Herman Hollerith. Later on big companies further advanced the punching card machines, they were also used with electrical power provided by motion such as turning wheels, which was a big step in technology at that time. -
Mechanical Computers
In the early 1900s a English engineer by the name of Charles Babbage invented the first mechanical computer that was build from levers and gears, which were used as adding machines and mechanical counters -
Introduction
The history of the computer goes way back to the early 19th century where a English mathematician which had created the framework of the computer we use today. The history of computer were categorized into three generations, 1937-1943, 1944-1961, and 1962 - to present. The beginning era of the computers were considered machines as such as the arabus, were mainly used for simple calculations or simple tasks such as punching cards. -
Z1 (Computer)
The Z1 computer was designed by Konrad Zuse, it was a binary electrically calculator. It was the first freely programmable computer, it weighed 1000 kg and had over 20000 parts. -
Colossus computer
Into the 1940s British code breakers created a computer again used for counting operations, and was marked world’s first programmable, electronic, digital computer, it wasn’t like today’s computers because it was programmed by switches and plugs. It was kept a secret until the mid 70s. -
Early Ages of Computers
The first computers were developed by an English mathematician created the first automatic electronic digital computer called by the name “ Antanasoff-Berry computer,” it was an early electronic digital computing device that has remained somewhat obscure. The purpose of the computer was to store data in and circuits to perform addition and subtraction., The Antanasoff- Berry computer featured about 300 vacuum tubes for control and arithmetic calculations, use of binary numbers, logic operations -
World's First General Purpose Computer
The ENIAC ( Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer ), it was designed for military usage but, the power and general purpose brought it attention. It also weighed 30 tons and covered 1800 square feet -
RAM Vacuum tubes
In 1948 the first RAM (Random Access Memory) for storing frequently used programs in result of making the computer faster. an array of cathode-ray tubes ( vacuum tubes) was used to act as on/off switch that could store 1024 bits of infomation -
First Operating Systems
The first operating system was invented 1950s which performed : Single stream batch processing, could use common, standardized, input/output routines for device access, program transition, error recovery. -
Computers going on the Internet
The origins of the internet came was invented in the 1960s by the federal government of the United States in the 1960s to build robust, fault tolerant communication. -
Hard Disk drive/ Magnetic Disk Storage
This was a type of storage using a magnetic force through a Magnetic tape, a floppy disks and a hard disk drive. The data is stored on the disks through tracks as the disks were sandwiched. -
Intels first processor ( Intel 4004 )
The first processor Intel created in 1971, which was a 4-bit CPU, had a max clock rate at 740 kHz, 8-bit instructions. -
First release of apple operating systems
In the year of 1973 Apple released it first version of operating system called the DOS 3.1 which had the capability to have programs entered, loaded, then saved on the cassette tape. Then came the final DOS 3.3, which booted software directly and didn’t use standard DOS formats. -
Apple II
A big step in operating systems was when Apple had released the Apple II, which was the first launch of a person computer for personal usage rather than business, at that time the Apple II costed 1,300 usd which now would be 5000 usd. -
First Concept of Internet
The first network was called the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) was an early network only used in regional and military network in the 1980s . -
First release of Windows
Coming late into the game Microsoft released Windows 2.1x which introduced DOS drivers and supported many EMS boards, later on Windows 3.0 had released, huge improvements from the original windows which included better memory management, as well as the support of 16 colors, also a protected/ enhanced mode. -
1990s computers going on the internet
The technology later on became the foundation of internet this innovation led to worldwide participation in the development of new network technologies, commercial linking in the 1990s led to the start of the of the modern internet. Which then led to personal and mobile computers having the ability to connect to the network. Although the internet existed there wasn’t much on, people just surfed the web, such as forums, videos,emails, chatting, and just to browse. -
Solid State Drives ( SSD)
SSD's have the same function as Hard drives but instead of using a disk, it uses a memory chip which in the end making them faster and more reliable. -
Competing processors (AMD)
AMD creates processor to compete with Intel that was dominating all processors because they were the only processors available until AMD -
Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is the service of servers, storage, databases, networking, software, analytics, intelligence and more—over the Internet. People say it started in 2006 but, researchers found it to have started in 1996 -
Windows Xp
An attempt to create a operating system for personal usage was Windows Xp, it was intended for a more human friendly software as it was simple and easy to use. -
Release of Mac OS X 10.0
The first release of ios was called the Mac OS X 10.0 compared to the early models this was a huge jump in technology as it had many features. Features such as Dock, which organized Macintosh applications, mail, address book, PDF support, desktop and web search engines, text edit, and protected memory. -
Intel Releases Core i3,i5,i7
These processors are current day and can be found on many purchasable computers.The difference between them is how many cores each contains, i3 has 2 cores, and i5 has 4 cores. -
Difference between processors
Intel starting from intel 4004 to it's current line of processors is significant as the 4004 had a clock speed of 740 kHz and now the I series can get up to 4.4 gHz clock speed, which the 4004 is only 0.000074 gHz. -
Most updated Windows
Windows 10 released in 2015 which is still currently the operating systems on majority of computers. From the other windows, 10 is advanced, it includes a new assistant on the desktop called Cortana as well as quick access to applications, tablet mode, a new browser Microsoft Edge, DirectX12 which imporves compatibility with gaming. -
AMD's newest line of processors
AMD has come out with their processor line of Ryzen created to compete with intel's line of processors. Ryzen 3 having 4 cores, Ryzen 5 having 6 cores and Ryzen 7 having 8 cores. -
Most updated Apple software
All Apple computers come with macOS which is the newest operating system that Apple has come out with. Apple includes exclusive applications such as Finder, Photobooth, Safari, Itunes.
From the original operating system from Apple the current operating system has the capability of 32 languages. -
Internet in the 20th century
From what internet has come from and where it is now, there is a huge evolution as today the internet has unlimited capabilities, from buying clothes to buying houses, having businesses online,being able to fix anything by the click of a video. -
Cloud Computing in the present day
Many big companies offer Cloud computing across multiple platforms such as Drop Box, Google Drive, ICloud but, they all have a certain limit before you have to start paying a subscription to expand the capacity of the cloud. -
Links
https://www.computerhope.com/history/macos.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II_series
https://www.studytonight.com/operating-system/evolution-of-os
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_2.1x
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_3.0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_10.0
https://www.apple.com/ca/ios/ios-12/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_10
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS
http://www.computerhistory.org/internethistory/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_computer -
Links
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computing_hardware
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_microprocessors
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z1_(computer)
https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/ENIAC
https://www.whoishostingthis.com/blog/2013/06/17/internet-then-and-now/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_general-purpose_CPUs
http://www.dataversity.net/brief-history-data-storage/
