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The abacus
The abacus (plural abaci or abacuses), also called a counting frame, is a calculating tool that was in use centuries before the adoption of the written modern numeral system and is still widely used by merchants, traders and clerks in Asia, Africa, and elsewhere. It's in the category change in power because this was the start of the first computer ever -
Nov 3, 1000
COCO
The Tandy 1000 was a line of IBM PC compatible computers made during the 1980’s by the American Tandy Corporation for sale in their chain of Radio Shack electronics stores in Canada and the USA. The Tandy 1000 would be the successor to their influential TRS-80 line of computer. This would be change in power and connectivity, but it was really hard to get and rare to have. -
First Computer was Invented
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Central concept of modern computer
Alan Turing presents the notion of a universal machine, later called the Turing Machine. -
Computer Memory
Clifford Barry, a graduate student, designed a computer that can solve 29 equasions simultaneously. This marks the first time of computer is able to store information on its main memory. Connectivity because it helps people stay connected. -
First calculator
John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert built the electronic numerical integrator and calculator. Considered the grand father of digital computers, it fills a 20 foot by 40 foot room and has 18,000 vacumn tubes. Interactivity because it helped many many people and it was rare to have -
COBOL
Grace Hopper developed the first computer language which eventually becomes known as COBOL. It was used to keep tabs on Korea dueing the war. Connectivity because it helped in the war -
Computer chip
Jack Killbe and Robert Noyce reveal the integrated circuit known as the computer chip. Killbe was awarded the noble prize in physics in 2000 for his work. Probably interactivity because it could have changed jobs everywhere. -
Floppy Disks
Alan Shoegart leads a team of ibm engineers who invent the flobby disks, allowing data to be shared among computers. It falls under the category connectivity because it helps data be shared among different computers -
Microsoft
Paul Allen and Bill Gates formed their own software company, Microsoft. This falls under the category availability because it is available to everyone who owns a computer -
Apple Computer
Steve Job and Steve Wozniak start apple computers on April Fools Day and rule out the apple 1. The first computer with a single circut board. This falls under the category Change in computer size because the computer is becoming smaller -
Radio Shack
1977: Radio Shack's initial production run of the TRS-80 was just 3,000. It sold like crazy. For the first time, non-geeks could write programs and make a computer do what they wished. This falls under the category interactivity because it helps people listening around the world -
Micropro
1979: Word processing becomes a reality as MicroPro International releases WordStar. This falls under the category availability because it's available to everyone -
Apple 2
Jobs and Wozniak incorporate Apple and show the Apple II at the first West Coast Computer Faire. It offers color graphics and incorporates an audio cassette drive for storage. This falls under the category significant change in computer size because computers are becoming smaller -
Apple
1983: Apple’s Lisa is the first personal computer with a GUI. It also features a drop-down menu and icons. It flops but eventually evolves into the Macintosh. The Gavilan SC is the first portable computer with the familiar flip form factor and the first to be marketed as a “laptop.” This falls under the category availablility because anyone can access it -
Windows
1985: Microsoft announces Windows, its response to Apple’s GUI. Commodore unveils the Amiga 1000, which features advanced audio and video capabilities. This falls under the category availability because anyoen with a computer can use it -
Internet history
1985: The first dot-com domain name is registered on March 15, years before the World Wide Web would mark the formal beginning of Internet history. The Symbolics Computer Company, a small Massachusetts computer manufacturer, registers Symbolics.com. More than two years later, only 100 dot-coms had been registered. It is under the category change in power because it improved the computer. This fallls under the category connectivity because it coneects to people everywhere -
MAGIC CARPET
1994: PCs become gaming machines as "Command & Conquer," "Alone in the Dark 2," "Theme Park," "Magic Carpet," "Descent" and "Little Big Adventure" are among the games to hit the market. Availibility because it quickly went out of style. -
APPLE
1997: Microsoft invests $150 million in Apple, which was struggling at the time, ending Apple’s court case against Microsoft in which it alleged that Microsoft copied the “look and feel” of its operating system. Connectivity because it changes how people look at technology. -
WI-FI
1999: The term Wi-Fi becomes part of the computing language and users begin connecting to the Internet without wires. Connectivity, interactivity, and availibility bacause it has changed the face of the world. -
Firefox
2004: Mozilla’s Firefox 1.0 challenges Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, the dominant Web browsers. Facebook, a social networking site, launches. Connectivity because it also changes they way we look at the interenet and how we find information. -
Wii
2006: Apple introduces the MacBook Pro, its first Intel-based, dual-core mobile computer, as well as an Intel-based iMac. Nintendo’s Wii game console hits the market. Availibilty because they are now so out of date. -
iPhone
2007: The iPhone brings many computer functions to the smartphone. -
Window 7
2009: Microsoft launches Windows 7, which offers the ability to pin applications to the taskbar and advances in touch and handwriting recognition, among other features. Connectivity practicly improves the old innternet exploror with many cool advantages. -
iPad
2010: Apple unveils the iPad, changing the way consumers view media and jumpstarting the dormant tablet computer segment.
Interactivity and availibility because htey keep coming out with new ones that make the old ones less expensive and it edals with connectivity because it is easier. -
OS
2011: Google releases the Chromebook, a laptop that runs the Google Chrome OS. Availability because they are handing them out to schools and more people have them now. -
Apple watch
2015: Apple releases the Apple Watch. Microsoft releases Windows 10. Interactivity because it helps people text easier and have it be more accesible.
