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Charles Babbage
Invented Analytical Enigines
*Reffered to as Father of Computing -
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Computer History
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Herman Hollerith
Invented Hollerith Tabulating Machine
*Born in Buffalo, NY -
Z1 Computer
First computer to include certain fentures interfral to todays system.
*Made by Konrad Zuse -
Eniac
US Government machine used to calculate settings used for weapons
*Could make 5,000 editions in seconds -
First Generation Computers
Last computer to use vaccum tubes
*Translated 5,000 characters per second -
Second Generation Computers
More advanced computers, but still limited to how small they can be made
*Still relied on punch cards -
Univac
First commerically successful Electronic Digital Computer
*Built for both government and personal use -
Jack Kilby
Invented first intergrated circuit
*American Electrical Engineer -
Third Generation Computers
Computers in early integrated circuit generation
*All information was lost when powered off -
BASIC
Revolutionized Software Industry -
Bill Gates
Wrote software for Microsoft
*Was a college Dropout -
Introduction of GUI
This allowed users to interact with computer more easily
*First created for macintosh -
Fourth Generation Computers
Uses Micropressor Chips
*CPU was main part -
Altair Computer
First Personal Computer
*Assembled price was $621.00 -
Steve Jobs
Created Apple Computers and software -
Apple II
First PC to come with monitor, keyboard, etc to come all together
*Assembled in Texas -
WordStar
First word processing application
*Offered mail merge -
Visicalc
First electronic spreadsheet application
*Still available as a free download -
Osborne Computer
First Portable Computer
*Weighed nearly 24lbs -
PageMaker
First desktop publishing software
*Aldus was company who made this -
Excel
One of the first spreadsheets to use graphical interface -
Mosaic
Allowes users to view multimedia on the web
*First browser to display graphics and text -
Netscape
Predominant player in browser software
*Profits doubled every quarter in 1995