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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
GenerationsTrystanJohnson.docx
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?