Reed Cook computer history

  • Holes in Cards

    Holes in Cards
    punched cards that were used to contain commands or data for operating machinery
  • The first ana;ytical machine

    The first ana;ytical machine
    The Analytical Machine is an early device that was capable of solving tables but imperfectly.
  • von neumann architecture

    von neumann architecture
    a computer architecture based on a description designed by mathematician and physicist John von Neumann
    describes a design architecture for a digital computer with parts made up of a processing unit built with an arithmetic logic unit and processor registers, a control unit with an instruction register on program counter, data and instruction based memory storage, external mass storage, and input/output devices
  • ENIAC

    ENIAC
    An Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer is a machine that was used to calculate artillery firing tables
  • UNIVAC

    UNIVAC
    name of a line of electronic digital-stored program computers
    Acronym for UNIVersal Automatic Computer
  • high level programming language

    high level programming language
    defined by computer science as a programming language with a strong abstraction from the details of the computers
  • PC

    PC
    A PC is a personal desktop computer.
  • UNIX

    UNIX
    UNIX was meant to be a programmer's workbench for developing software.
  • Apple

    Apple
    Technology Company specializing in consumer electronics, computer software and online services
  • CRAY 1

    CRAY 1
    CRAY 1 Is one of the best super computers ever.
  • First Electronic Spreadsheet

    First Electronic Spreadsheet
    An electronic spreadsheet is a program that uses an automatic natural order algorithm to help organize data.
  • Windows

    Windows
    Microsoft windows is a metafamily of graphical operating systems.
  • Macintosh

    Macintosh
    a series of personal computers designed and developed by Apple Inc
  • Altair

    Altair
    Altair is a company that pushes technology to a new level using simulation.