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Holes in Cards
Holds in cards are also known as punch cards, and are used to hold and store data. -
The Analytical Machine
The analytical machine was a proposed mechanical general-purpose computer designed by English mathematician Charles Babbage. -
UNIVAC
UNIVAC is the name of a line of electronic digital stored-program computers starting with the products of the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation. Later the name was applied to a division of the Remington Rand Company and successor organizations. The descendants of the UNIVAC line continue today as products of the Unisys Company. UNIVAC is an acronym for Universal Automatic Computer. -
von Neumann architecture
The term Von Neumann architecture, also known as the Von Neumann model or the Princeton architecture, derives from a 1945 computer architecture proposal by the mathematician and early computer scientist John von Neumann and others, First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC. -
ENIAC
The first electronic general purpose computer. IT was completely digital and capable of being reprogrammed to solve a full range of computing problems. The program was designed to calculate artillery firing tables for the United States Army’s Ballistic Research Laboratory. -
high-level programming language
) A high-level programming language is a programming language with strong abstraction from the details of the computer. In comparison to low-level programming languages, it may use natural language elements, be easier to use, or be from the specification of the program, making the process of developing a program simpler and more understandable with respect to a low-level language. -
UNIX operating system
Unix operating systems are widely used in servers, workstations, and mobile devices. The Unix environment and the client-server program model were essential elements in the development of the Internet and the reshaping of computing as centered in networks rather than in individual computers. -
Altair
Altair is located 16.7 light-years (5.13 parsecs) from Earth and is one of the closest stars visible to the naked eye. Along with Beta Aquilae and Gamma Aguilae, it forms the well-known line of stars sometimes referred to as the Family of Aquila or Shaft of Aquila. -
CRAY-1
Cray Inc. Cray is an American supercomputer manufacturer based in Seattle, Washington. -
Apple
Apple was established on April 1, 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, to sell the Apple I personal computer kit. -
first electronic spreadsheet
The electronic spreadsheet is used to organize data. The information is organized into a grid format, and the user can analyze the information. -
PC
A Personal Computer (PC) is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end user with no intervening computer operator. -
Macintosh
The Macintosh project started in the late 1970s with Jef Raskin, an Apple employee who envisioned an easy-to-use, low-cost computer for the average consumer. -
Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of graphical interface operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft.
