Computer HistoryBy Trystan Johnson

Intro.

Do you know about the history of that computer sitting at home? Do you know how many inventors it took to finally get a working computer that is, most likely not as powerful as you phone.

Main Points

Early Computational Devices Early Computers Generations & main components Inventors/Developers Internet

Early Computational Devices

Abacus First Microcomputer Punched Cards

Early Computers

ENIAC Mark1 EDSAC EDVAC UNIVAC

Generations & Main Components

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Inventors/Developers

Paul Allen Eckert & Mauchly John von Neumann Blaise Pascal Herman Hollerith Marc Andreessen

Inventors/Developers (cont.)

Tim Berners-Lee Bill Gates Steven Wozniak Steven Jobs

Internet

Birth of the Net

Birth of the Net

First form of the internet was ARPANET, a military experiment

ARPANET

Department of Defense’s military experiment to make a long distance communication network

Abacus

An early counting device The picture (below) is of a Russian

Abacus

Steven Jobs

One of the two founders of Apple Computer, Inc.

Steven Wozniak

One of the two founders of Apple Computer, Inc.

Bill Gates

Founder of microsoft

ENIAC

Worlds first electronic digital computer

First Browser

The first browser was Mosaic

Tim Berners-Lee

Creator of the World Wide Web

Marc Andreesen

Creator of the browser Mosaic

Department of Defense

Developed arpanet

Charles Babbage

Designed and tested the analytical engine

Herman Hollerith

Designed the tabulating machine

Mark1

First programmable digital computer in the US

EDSAC

Second computer to utilize storage for programs

EDVAC

Early electronic computer

UNIVAC

First commercial computer made in the US

Blaise Pascal

Inventor of the mechanical calculator

John von Neumann

First had the idea to store programs

First Microcomputer

The first commercial microcomputer was the Altair 8800

Eckert & Mauchly

Developed the computer ENIAC

Formation of Microsoft

Formed by Bill Gates and Paul Allen

Formation of Apple Computer, Inc.

Formed by Steven Jobs and Steven Wozniak

Punched Cards

Early way to store information

Paul Allen

The cofounder of Microsoft

Summary

Now that you know the history behind that old desktop computer, do you respect how much time and effort it took to make that?