History of Technology

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  • Eniac

    Eniac
    Was invented by the US army for launching balistic missles. The Eniac cost abou 500,000 dollars & covered a small gymnasium.

  • UNIVAC Computer

    UNIVAC Computer
    First commercial computer . Able to pick presidential winners.

  • ARPANET

    ARPANET
    RAND develops the idea of distributed, packet-switching networks. ARPANET goes online in 1969.

  • Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair & IBM 5100 Computers

    Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair & IBM 5100 Computers
    The first consumer computers

  • Ethernet

    Ethernet
    The Ethernet standards comprise several wiring and signaling variants. Data rates were periodically increased from the original 10 megabits per second to 100 gigabits per second.

  • Fist portable laptop

    Fist portable laptop
    It weighed 24 pounds. It also cost $1795.

  • Apple Macintosh Computer

    Apple Macintosh Computer
    The more affordable home computer. This computer had the GUI.

  • Blue tooth

    Blue tooth
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    1998 is when the name bluetooth was adopted. Bluetooth had over 400 members by the end of the year.