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History of Technology

By ejwilson1
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    Abacus

    Abacus
    Abacus, The abacus was invented in Mesopotamia in 2700 B.C.E. The abacus’ main purpose is to assist in adding numbers.

  • Holes in cards

    Holes in cards
    holes in cards, are also known as punched cards. First used in 1725. They were used for certain types of machinery.

  • Analytical Machine

    Analytical Machine
    the analytical machine, was first designed in 1837 by Charles Babbage. It’s job was to calculate logarithms and trigonometric functions.

  • Von Neuman architecture

    Von Neuman architecture
    d. Von Neumann architecture, was created in 1945 by Von Neumann. It’s main purpose was to be used in how a computer is designed, or it’s architecture

  • Eniac

    Eniac
    ENIAC was released in 1947. It was the first electronic general –purpose computer. It was used in the military to solve mathematical problems.

  • UNIVAC

    UNIVAC
    UNIVAC was invented around 1948. The Univac stands for universal automatic computer. It was one of the first computers created.

  • High-level Programming Language

    High-level Programming Language
    g. high-level programming language, is a language that is used in certain computers, and is more abstract. They were first created in the 1950’s

  • CRAY-1

    CRAY-1
    CRAY-1, was designed as a supercomputer. It was introduced in 1971, and it was popular because it leap-frogged current computers at that time.

  • Altair

    Altair
    Altair, was a microcomputer designed in 1975. It was developed by Intel and used in popular electronics and calculators.

  • Apple

    Apple
    . Apple, is a company that was founded in 1976. They are the creator of Macs, iPods, and the iphone.

  • First Electronic Spreadsheet

    First Electronic Spreadsheet
    first electronic spreadsheet, VisiCalc was the first maker of the Spread sheet. It is an interactive virtual program that shows data in a textual, numerical, or graphical way. Examples include Excel, and it was developed in 1979.

  • PC (Personal Computer)

    PC (Personal Computer)
    PC, stands for personal computer. It is used to perform functions such as going on the internet and using programs. It was first developed in 1981.

  • Macintosh

    Macintosh
    Macintosh, in 1984, Apple introduced one of the first easy- to -use personal computers. The Mac is targeted towards education and other personal uses.

  • Windows

    Windows
    Windows, is a graphical interface and operating system that was set up and developed by Microsoft. It was first released in 1985.