The History and Future of Computers Tim Gash CRS-07 Mr. Drohan January 31‚ 1997 With the advances in computer technology it is now possible for more and more Canadians to have personal computers in their homes. With breakthroughs in computer processing speeds and with computer storage capacity‚ the combination of this with the reduced size of the computer have allowed for even the smallest apartment to hold a computer. In the past the only places to have computers were military institutes
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The history of computers and evolution Computers have been around a lot longer than many people might imagine. The word "computer" has changed meaning over decades‚ but the electronic computer that we think of in modern times developed throughout the second half of the 20th century. Its popularity as a household item surged in the 1980s following the arrival of operating systems by Apple and Microsoft that mixed graphics and text‚ replacing the text-only systems of the 1970s. By the 1990s‚ computers
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9/2/10 BRIEF HISTORY OF COMPUTERS In 1623 German scientist Wilhelm Schikard invented an analog machine that used 11 complete and 6 incomplete sprocketed wheels that could add‚ multiply and divide. In 1642 French Philosopher‚ mathematician and physicist Blaise Pascal invented a machine that added and subtracted automatically carrying and borrowing digits from column to column. In the early 19th century French inventor Joseph Marie Jacquard devised a special type of computer called the silk
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There is no noun with the ability to represent modern life other than computer. Whether the effect is negative or positive‚ computers control nearly every aspect of our everyday life. Computers have evolved from bearing the role of strictly computing to having the ability of completing unthinkable tasks. Supermarket scanners calculate our grocery bill while keeping store inventory; computerized telephone switching centers play traffic cop to millions of calls and keep lines of communication untangled;
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History Main article: History of Apple See also: Apple Inc. litigation 1976–1980: The early years The Apple I‚ Apple’s first product. Sold as an assembled circuit board‚ it lacked basic features such as a keyboard‚ monitor‚ and case. The owner of this unit added a keyboard and a wooden case. Apple was established on April 1‚ 1976 by Steve Jobs‚ Steve Wozniak‚ and Ronald Wayne‚[10] to sell the Apple I personal computer kit. They were hand-built by Wozniak[11][12] and first shown to the public
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The early foundations of what would become computer science predate the invention of the modern digital computer. Machines for calculating fixed numerical tasks‚ such as the abacus‚ have existed since antiquity. Wilhelm Schickard built the first mechanical calculator in 1623.[4] Charles Babbage designed a difference engine in Victorian times (between 1837 and 1901)[5] helped by Ada Lovelace.[6] Around 1900‚ the IBM corporation sold punch-card machines.[7] However‚ all of these machines were constrained
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First programmable computer: The Z1 originally created by Germany’s Konrad Zuse in his parents living room in 1936 to 1938 is considered to be the first electrical binary programmable computer. The first digital computer: Short for Atanasoff-Berry Computer‚ the ABC started being developed by Professor John Vincent Atanasoff and graduate student Cliff Berry in 1937 and continued to be developed until 1942 at the Iowa State College (now Iowa State University). On October 19‚ 1973‚ US Federal Judge
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History of generations of Computers The computers that you see and use today hasn’t come off by any inventor at one go. Rather it took centuries of rigorous research work to reach the present stage. And scientists are still working hard to make it better and better. But that is a different story. First‚ let us see when the very idea of computing with a machine or device‚ as against the conventional manual calculation‚ was given a shape. Though experiments were going on even earlier
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“The Computer” It’s History and Spot in American Society “The Computer” It’s History and Spot in American Society It is not very often that a new invention comes about and touches every aspect of our lives. Such a device that changes the way we work‚ live‚ and play is a special one‚ indeed. A machine that has done all this and more now exists in nearly every business in the U.S. and in one out of every two households. This incredible invention is the computer. The electronic
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Patton-Fuller Community Hospital Joshua Harris NTC/362 August 9th‚ 2012 Richard Douglass Patton-Fuller Community Hospital ”Patton- Fuller Community Hospital has prided itself on providing top-of-the-notch not-for-profit health care organization since their opening in 1975” (University of Phoenix‚ 2012). The hospital’s specialty is in providing high-quality health care to all patients‚ and establishing peaceful work relationships within the staff. Services provided
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