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Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage, FRS was an English polymath. He was a mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, who is best remembered now for originating the concept of a programmable computer. ... -
Herman Hollerith
Hollerith: United States inventor who invented a system for recording alphanumeric information on punched cards (1860-1929) -
Mosaic:
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Jack Kilby
Jack St. Clair Kilby was an American electrical engineer who took part in the realization of the first integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments in 1958. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in 2000. He is also the inventor of the handheld calculator and the thermal printer. -
Z1 computer:
The Z1 was a mechanical computer designed by Konrad Zuse from 1935 to 1936 and built by him from 1936 to 1938. It was a binary electrically driven mechanical calculator with limited programmability, reading instructions from punched tape. ... -
1st generation computers
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2nd generation computers
A computer characterized by the use of transistors rather than vacuum tubes, the execution of input/output operations simultaneously with calculations, and the use of operating systems. -
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. ... -
Steve Jobs
Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs was an American entrepreneur, marketer, and inventor, who was the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc. -
Bill Gates
Gates: United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955) -
3rd generation computers
A computer built with small-scale integration integrated circuits, designed after the mid-1960s. -
Basic:
A Network of Networks. The simplest way of explaining the Internet is to call it "the network of networks." It's the connection of computer ... -
4th generation computers
A computer built using Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) integrated circuits, especially a microcomputer based on a microprocesseor, or a parallel processor containing two to thousands of CPUs. -
Altair computer
Altair computer is a digital computer designed for used by only one person at a time . -
Visicalc
VisiCalc was the first spreadsheet computer program, originally released for the Apple II. It is often considered the application that turned the microcomputer from a hobby for computer enthusiasts into a serious business tool. VisiCalc sold over 700,000 copies in six years. -
Osborne computer
an early personal computer first sold by the Osborne Computer Corporation in 1981. -
Introduction of the Gui
GUI is a type of computer human interface on a computer. It solves the blank screen problem that confronted early .. -
WordStar
WordStar is a word processor application that had a dominant market share during the early- to mid-1980s. Formerly published by MicroPro International it was originally written for the CP/M operating system but later ported to DOS. Although Seymour I. ...
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Excel
be exceptionally good at or proficient in an activity or subject. -
PageMaker
PageMaker was one of the first desktop publishing programs, introduced in 1985 by Aldus, initially for the then-new Apple Macintosh and in 1987 for PCs running Windows 1.0. PageMaker was awarded an SPA Excellence in Software Award for Best New Use of a Computer in 1986. ... -
apple 2
A lot of features of the Apple II went in because I had designed Breakout for Atari. I had designed it in hardware. I wanted to write it in software -
Netscape
a commercial browser
