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charles babbage
designed first automatic calculator ( analytical Engine) -
herman hollerith
first to use Jacquards punch card method and apply it to computing called it Hollerith Tabulating Machine -
Z1 computer
mechanical calculator by Konrad Zuse. included control unit and separte memory function -
!st generation computer
used vacuum tubes to store data -
eniac
first successfulhigh speed electronic digital computer electrical numerical intergrator and computer created by John W. Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert -
2nd generation computer
used transistors to store data -
univac
first commercially successful electronic digital computer. first generation computer -
3rd generation computers
used intergrated circuts -
Jack kilby
created integrated circuits. small chip contain thousands of transistors it enables comp. to become smaller and lighter also considered 3rd generation computer -
GUI
GUI Graphical User Interface, allowed easier interaction with computers -
BASIC
beginners All- purpose symblic instruction code. begining progrom student used easily -
4th generation computers
used microprocessors chips -
bill gates
used Basic to write their program for the altiar -
altair computer
first personal computer. no monitor no keyboard, not user friendly could either buy a build it youre self kit or buy one already built -
steve jobs
part of forming apple computers -
apple II
color monitor, sound, game paddle -
visicalc
first electronic spreadsheet application -
wordstar
forst word processing app -
osborne computer
first portable computer, weighed 24.5 lb.5 inch screen -
excel
one of the first spreadsheets to use a graphical user interface -
pageMaker
first desktop publishing software -
Mosaic
could display graphics as well as text. 350% increase in internet traffic -
netscape
first web browser that became popular
