EVOUTION OF COMPUTERS The evolution of electronic computers over a period of time can be traced effectively dividing this period into various generations. Each generation is characterized by a major technological development that fundamentally changed the way computers operated. These helped to develop smaller‚ cheaper‚ powerful‚ efficient and reliable devices. Today‚ life has become indispensable without a computer. You find computerization in almost every sphere and industry. Computer evolution
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9-407-028 REV: MARCH 19‚ 2010 ANTHONY J. MAYO MARK BENSON Bill Gates and Steve Jobs When IBM wanted an operating system for its Personal Computer‚ it turned to Gates. When Apple needed software for its Macintosh‚ it gave Microsoft a test model to use in writing the programs. Gates helped with the design of Radio Shack’s Model 100‚ the first truly portable computer… Thanks to that business (and more)‚ Gates… has become America’s software tycoon.1 — 1984 Time article‚ “Bill Gates: A Hard-Core Technoid”
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Cited: 12 Dec. 2012 < http://phys.org/news>. Gross‚ Doug. “Atari Founder: Tim Cook isn’t the ‘next Steve Jobs’. CNN. 2 Oct. 2013 www.cnn.com. Whitney‚ Lance. “iPad Air scores big during Black Friday weekend.” CNET. 4 Dec. 2013 http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57614495-37/ipad-air-scores-big-during-black-friday-weekend/
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practice‚ and his mother was a psychiatrist up until the birth of Randi‚ his oldest sister. At a very early age Mark started to become interested in computers. He developed his first software at age 12. He created Zucknet‚ a messaging system from an Atari BASIC‚ and his father actually put it to use in his dental office. His parents soon hired a tutor to keep up with his budding interest in computers. Mark first attended high school at Ardsley High School‚ and around the same time started taking some
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History Apple computer was founded on April 1st‚ 1976 by Steven Jobs‚ Steven Wozniak‚ and Ronald Wayne. Prior to the Apple’s beginnings‚Jobs had worked at Hewlett-Packard and the video game company Atari Inc. Wozniak also worked at HP where the two first met in 1972. It was Jobs who told his future partner about his idea of personal computers. The two began their journey in 1975 while working on the Apple I in Job’s bedroom. Wozniak later admitted that the project was more of a hobby than a business
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marketing on the nation‚ and other 80s favorites followed with shows like Transformers or He-Man. The “action figure” craze started by GI Joes in the 60s exploded. Soon‚ Nintendo kicked off the home video game console era (after a failed start by Atari) and toys were not only complex‚ but incredibly expensive. · John Lennon is shot outside his New York apartment · MTV (Music Television) is launched · The Simpsons Is First Seen On Tracey Ullman Show April 5th 1987 · Michael Jackson releases
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computer store‚ the Byte Shop‚ in Mountain View California. Most people recall Apple Computers as being founded by “the two Steves”‚ Jobs and Wozniak. However‚ Wayne was present in the garage at the founding of Apple. Wayne‚ then 41‚ worked with Jobs at Atari during the day. It was there‚ Jobs (21) and Wayne became friends and also where Jobs offered Wayne a partnership in Apple computers by way of a ten percent interest in the company. Wayne accepted‚ and worked nights on the original Apple logo and documentation
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Music Visualization in computer generated software N. R. The German University in Cairo‚ Egypt Nissmah Roshdy Abstract—This paper summarizes the history of music visualization in computer software and recent work from artists today that present the variety of concepts used in the field. I. INTRODUCTION the frequency of a specific amount of audio data‚ and then the programmer assigns certain graphical elements to be displayed repeatedly‚ varying with the amplification of the sound
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Abstract: There are many ways for entertainment‚ sometimes these activities are very expensive for all people to offer these activities‚ as solution for this in the 1970s a new entertainment method has been introduced in the market place‚ and this new method was popularly known as video games [1]. Video games created large impact among the game lovers. Time to time‚ people who develop video games‚ introduces different consoles using advance technologies. Today the leading competitors using very advance
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in reality. Becoming a racecar driver‚ professional football player‚ or the king of all middle earth is as easy as popping in a disc. Video games are not a new form of entertainment‚ although the video games being played today are nothing like the Atari games that once used to dominate. They have become more realistic and violent than many believe they should have‚ mainly because they are falling into the laps of the youth. Hot topics of discussion range from whether or not video games have led to
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