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History of Computers

History of Computers. By: Izzy Durcan, Cara DePalo,Stefan Dalafave, Elizabeth Wicks, Jonathan Feibusch,. The Computer's Ancestors. The Burroughs adding machine was a contraption which printed out columns of numbers and dates

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History of Computers

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  1. History of Computers By: Izzy Durcan, Cara DePalo,Stefan Dalafave, Elizabeth Wicks, Jonathan Feibusch,

  2. The Computer's Ancestors • The Burroughs adding machine was a contraption which printed out columns of numbers and dates • In the very beginning of computer technology, there were two computer concepts and a computer built, the Analytical and Difference engine • In June, 1948, the first modern computer (named Baby) came up with the right answer on the display.

  3. Early Computers • ENIAC- first public, electric, and digital • Designed in Philadelphia • J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly were the designers • Only one ever made

  4. The First Hobby/Home Computer • Apple 1- The first highly successful PC • The MITS Altair 8800 was a microcomputer design from 1975 • The ADM-3A was one of the first computer terminals manufactured by Lear Siegler • The Xerox Alto was one of the first computers designed for individual use

  5. Two Guys In A Garage • 1976 • Steve Jobs and Steve Wasniak • 1st computer, in a garage? • Jobs, a Volkswagen minibus, Wozniak, a programmable HP calculator • Raised $1300 • Computer=$666 • Apple 2, 1977

  6. Computers Today • Used For: • Internet • Research/ gathering information • Microsoft documents • Online games • Video chat rooms • Commonly used programs: • Facebook, gmail, twitter • Grooveshark • Skype • Google • Hulu • Itunes

  7. Works Consulted "ENIAC: First Computer Makes History." ZDNet. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Nov. 2012. <http://www.zdnet.com/news/eniac-first-computer-makes-history/146776>. "The ENIAC Story." The ENIAC Story. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Nov. 2012. <http://ftp.arl.mil/mike/comphist/eniac-story.html>. "Inventor of the Week: Archive." Inventor of the Week: Archive. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Nov. 2012. <http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/apple.html>. "Lear Siegler ADM-3A." - Nekochan Net. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Nov. 2012. <http://www.nekochan.net/weblog/archives/2008/09/lear-siegler-ad.html>. "OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : HISTORY / Detailed Info." OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : HISTORY / Detailed Info. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Nov. 2012. <http://www.old-computers.com/history/detail.asp?n=3>. "Personal Computer Milestones." Personal Computer Milestones. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Nov. 2012. <http://www.blinkenlights.com/pc.shtml>. "Programming the ENIAC." Programming the ENIAC. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Nov. 2012. <http://www.columbia.edu/cu/computinghistory/eniac.html>.

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