Computer History

By: Justine Hansen

The Internet has a lot of history starting in the 1960’s when the department of defense experimented with a computer network called ARPANET and from that point on it has blossomed into something great.

Main Points

-Early computional devices

-Early Computers

-Generations and main component

-Inventors/Developers

-Internet

Early Computional Devices

• Abacus was used in Asia for performing Asthmatic processes.

• Mark 1 Is the enzyme that is in humans that is encoded by the mark 1 gene.

• Punched Cards were invented by Basile Bouchan in 1725.

Early Computers

• ENIAC is a electronic numerical integrates and computer.

• EDSAC is a electronic discrete variable automatic calculator.

• EDVAC is a electronic discrete variable automatic computer.

• UNIVAC is a universal automatic computer.

• ENIAC-

• EDSAC-

• EDVAC-

• UNIVAC-

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• First microcomputers made up the minicomputers CPU with one integrated microchip.

Generations and Main Component• Vacuum Tubes-Invented

by Presper Eckert and John Mauchly in 1946.

• Transistors- Invented by John Barbeen, William Sheckly, and Walter Brattain in 1947.

• Integrated Circuit-Invented by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce in 1946- 1971.

• Microprocessor- Invented by Ted Hoff in 1971.

• Artificial Intelliengence- Still in development.

Inventors and Developers

• Steven Jobs was born February 24th 1955 in California and he died October 5th 2011 of pancreatic cancer. He invented many things and was a part of the formation of Apple computer inc.

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• Steven Wozniak was an American computer engineer and programmer.

• Marc Andreesen invented Netscape.

• Department of Defense in the 1960’s they created the computer network ARPANENT.

Steve Wozniak

Marc Andreesen

Department of Defense

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• Charles Babbage was known as the father of computing, he invented the first mechanical computer.

• Bill Gates is an American business icon.

• Tim Berners Lee was an English computer scientist and invented WWW.

Charles Babbage

Bill Gates

Tim Berners Lee

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• Herman Hollerith invented the computer punch cards

• Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician

• John Von Newman was an American mathematician

• Herman Hollerith

• Blaise Pascal

• John Von Newman

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• J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly invented the computer corporation EMCC in 1946-1950

• Formation of Microsoft was invented by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1981

• Formation of Apple Computers was invented by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in 1971

• Paul Allen was involved with Microsoft

• J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly

• Microsoft

• Apple

• Paul Allen

Internet

• Birth of Net began in the 1960’s with the help of the Department of Defense.

• First Browser was invented by Marc Andreessen called mosaic

• ARPANET - Advanced research projects agency network

First browser

ARPANET

Now that you learned about the history of computers I hope that one day you can use this information to good use.