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charles babbage
was a mathematician philosopher, and inventor of the programmable computer -
Herman Hollerith
developed a mechanical tabulator based on punched cards to rapidly tabulate statistics. -
Z1
was the first computer to include certain features integral to todays system such as control unit and separate memory functions. -
1st generation computer
used vaccuum tubes for circuitry and magnetic drums for memory they were enormous taking up the enitre room. -
Eniac
was a us government sponsored machine developed to calculate the settings used for weapons. -
Univac
univeral automatic computer was the first commercially successful electronic digital computer. -
Bill gates
was the technical guy who invented the internet -
2nd generation computer
replaced vacuum tubes and ushered in the second generation of computers. The transistor was invented in 1947 but did not see widespread use in computers until the late 1950s -
Jack kilby
invented the worlds first integrated circuit, a small chip capable of containign thousands of transistors. -
BASIC
programming languages usues such as fortran, algol, and cobol. Bill gates and paul allen used basic to write their program for the altair -
3rd generation computers
Transistors were miniaturized and placed on silicon chips, called semiconductors, which drastically increased the speed and efficiency of computers. -
GUI
graphical user interface which is allowed users to interact with the computer more easily. -
4th generation computers
The microprocessor brought the fourth generation of computers, as thousands of integrated circuits were built onto a single silicon chip -
Altair computer
no memory, no keyboard, or monitor -
Steve jobs
who was working with his best friend wozinak started apple computer -
Apple 2
featured color monitor sound and game paddies 4KB or RAM -
WordStar
is a word processor application that had a dominant market share during the early- to mid-1980s. Formerly published by MicroPro International, it was originally written for the CP/M operating system but later ported to DOS. -
Osborne computer
"potable" computer weighed 24.5 pounds 5-inches and 64 kilobytes -
Pagemaker
was the de facto standard in the graphics arts industry for many years for creating ads, brochures, newsletters and books of all sizes and kinds. orginally introduced to MAC in 1985 -
Visicalc
was the first spreadsheet computer program, originally released for the Apple II. It is often considered the application that turned the microcomputer from a hobby for computer enthusiasts into a serious business tool, and is considered the Apple II's killer app. -
Netscape
is a U.S. computer services company, best known for Netscape Navigator, its web browser. When it was an independent company, its headquarters was in Mountain View, California.[2] -
Mosiac
viewed multimedia on the web. -
Excel
Excel is a spreadsheet program for Windows and Macintosh computers