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Abacus
Also called the counting frame, is a calculating tool used Centuries before the adoption of the modern numeral system -
Analytical Engine
a proposed mechanical general-purpose computer designed by english mathematician and computer pioneer Charles Babbage. -
Holes in Cards
A piece of stiff paper that contained either commands for controlling automated machinery or data for data processing applications -
Von Nuemann architecture
a computer architecture based on that described in 1945 by the mathematician and physicist John Von Neumann -
ENIAC
(Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer) was then first electronic general purpose computer -
UNIVAC
An electronic digital stored-program computers starting with the products of Eckert-Mauchly computer corporation -
High level programming language
a programming language that enables a programmer that are more or less independent of a particular type of computer -
UNIX
a family of multitasking, multi user computer operating systems -
Altair
is a microcomputer designed in 1975 based on the Intel 8080 CPU. Interest grew quickly after it was featured on the cover of the January 1975 issue -
PC
a Personal computer -
Apple
an, american born, multinational technology company -
CRAY-1
a supercomputer designed, manufactured and marketed by Cray Research, went on to become one of the best known and most successful supercomputers in history -
Visicalc
the first spreadsheet computer program for PC’s -
Macintosh
The Macintosh is a PC Designed, Developed, and Marketed by Apple Inc.Steve Jobs Introduced the Original macintosh computer -
Microsoft Windows
A meta-family of graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft