1950 to 1990 history of technology

  • mainframe

    mainframe
    data processors primarily used in large companies for important applications
  • machine coding

    machine coding
    made by a woman, a language created for coding and including different numeric variables. the purpose was to get the computer to do things on its own when codes are put in.
  • microchips

    microchips
    a small circuit to limit the use of wires and hold more data. made by a man at texas instruments, used by intel
  • personal desktop

    personal desktop
    a computer designed for personal use at a desktop. first ever computer that used a mouse and a motor
  • first ever apple desktop

    first ever apple desktop
    a desktop computer that uniquely came in one singular piece
  • apple 2

    apple 2
    new apple computer designed a year later, with new casings and chip slots and disk drives
  • visicalc

    visicalc
    first ever computer calculator with spreadsheet ability
  • ibm desktop pc

    ibm desktop pc
    ibm released their own desktop computer and the first to grow worldwide
  • first macintosh pc

    first macintosh pc
    first pc with a built in screen and mouse as well as graphing inference. now known as the mac.
  • Microsoft windows

    Microsoft windows
    first personal computer system created followed by the release of the Microsoft windows software