History of Computer by Mary Krystle Dawn D. Sulleza
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The document traces the history and development of computers and technology from the 19th century to the 1980s. It mentions many important figures and their contributions, such as Charles Babbage designing the first mechanical computer in the 1830s, Alan Turing developing computer science theory in the 1930s-40s, and companies like IBM, Apple, Microsoft, and Intel founding and developing pioneering computers and operating systems in the 1970s-80s. Overall it provides a high-level overview of the major developments in computing technology from the 1800s to the 1980s in about a paragraph of information.
History of Computer by Mary Krystle Dawn D. Sulleza
- 8. -designs the first functioning , which can perform the
- 10. -builds a , that uses
- 13. -designs the
- 15. -publishes his thoughts on which decades later will form the basis
- 17. -designs the
- 19. -founds the one of the three companies that
- 20. -develops the
- 23. -work on the the
- 26. -develops the at Bell Labs.
- 28. -form in a garage in Palo Alto, California.
- 32. -produces the that uses binary code.
- 34. -build the the first commercial electronic computer, which is installed at the
- 39. -is introduced.
- 40. -develops the
- 42. -develops
- 47. -is released and quickly becomes the most popular word processing program.
- 50. debuts the first laser printer was marketed by Hewlett-Packard.
- 52. -coins the term
- 53. -develops Windows 1.0 for the IBM PC.
- 54. -invents the .
- 55. -become available in the United States.
Editor's Notes
- Ever since man started trading, he had sought for ways to go beyond the limited digits of his own hands in counting, adding, and subtracting. There is a good reason to believe that he used stones or pebbles as a solution to that problem.
- The use of stones and pebbles could be where the venerable calculating tool, the abacus got its roots. Abacus- is used by ancient Greeks, Babylonians and Romans.
- BABBAGE-DIFFERENCE ENGINE
- A replica of the binary adder Stibitz built on his kitchen table