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    The First Popular Personal Computer The Altair 8800 created by MITS of Albuquerque‚ New Mexico‚ is known as the first popular personal computer that was available to all Americans. The Altair 8800 was released in January 1975 in the front-page article of Popular Electronics Magazine. The designer‚ Ed Roberts‚ planned to sell only a few hundred to hobbyists‚ but was astonished when he sold thousands in the first month. Although the Altair was not the very first microprocessor-based personal computer

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    Running Head: My First Computer My First Computer Robert Fehn Park University Introduction to Computer CS140 03 May 2005 My First Computer Introduction I began working with computers about 3 years ago. Needless to say it was a shocking experience sitting in front of a picture tube and not knowing how it worked or where to begin. I began by hitting buttons and asking question at the same time. The first computer that I bought was a new Packard Bell 486 with windows 3.1 and a Cannon

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    The First Generation of Computers The first generation of computers‚ beginning around the end of World War 2‚ and continuing until around the year 1957‚ included computers that used vacuum tubes‚ drum memories‚ and programming in machine code. Computers at that time where mammoth machines that did not have the power our present day desktop microcomputers. In 1950‚ the first real-time‚ interactive computer was completed by a design team at MIT. The "Whirlwind Computer‚" as it was called

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    LAPTOP A laptop computer is a personal computer for mobile use. A laptop has most of the same components as a desktop computer‚ including a display‚ a keyboard‚ a pointing device such as a touchpad (also known as a track pad) and/or a pointing stick‚ and speakers into a single unit. A laptop is powered by mains electricity via an AC adapter‚ and can be used away from an outlet using a rechargeable battery. Laptops are also sometimes called notebook. computers‚notebooks‚ ultrabooks or netbooks.

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    Topic name:- Importance Of Computer Assign no:- 2 Name:- Suneel kumar Class :- BBA 1A Reg no:- 1211243 Dated:- 08\7\2013 Submitted to:- Sir:- Haris Chugtai Importance Of Computer In Our Life Many technological advances have been made throughout history making life easier‚ one of which is the computer. Computers have changed the world‚ as

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    1. Appears as grape-like clusters when viewed through a microscope‚ and has large‚ round‚ golden-yellow colonies‚ often with hemolysis‚ when grown on blood agar plates. 2. Microorganisms that are used to assess the microbial quality of swimming pool and similar environments include heterotrophic plate count – HPC (a general measure of non-specific microbial levels)‚ faecal indicators (such as thermotolerant coliforms‚ E. coli)‚ Pseudomonas aeruginosa‚ Staphylococcus aureus and Legionella spp. HPC

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    is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.”  ― Albert Einstein I remember my introduction to the black box they called personal computer! My four-year-old mind was awestruck with this little television that could interact with us; I remember being duly impressed with a long list of scribbled information that finally gave way to a screen that was an amazingly efficient slate. I did not need a pencil to write on it either. This sense of wonderment gave way to inquisitiveness and with my increasing familiarity

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    introduced to society‚ computers have been incorporated into almost every aspect of daily life. Almost every workplace is run by a computer network‚ transactions at stores and restaurants are done using a computer‚ cars have computers incorporated into to them to help them run smoothly‚ and people have even taking in using computers for recreation. Lately‚ these computers have started to be used in the classroom‚ replacing the tradition of books‚ pencils and papers with personal computers. Some people think

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    Contrast Mainframes and Personal Computers Overview Mainframes and personal computers have evolved over the years but their core functions have stayed the same. The mainframe is used connect multiple users for large organizations while personal computers are generally used for a single users. The more drastic changes for mainframes and personal computers have been speed and size. Mainframes use to be the size of buildings. Now they are the size of a textbook. Personal computer ’s origins came from

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    and night to create the first version of Microsoft Basic‚ a simple computer software. They realize that the future of personal computers is in the software. The Computer Mart opens on Madison Avenue in New York. Zilog Z-80 chip is introduced. They have 3 employees including themselves and the revenue is $16‚000. July 1‚ 1976‚ Microsoft refines and enhances BASIC to sell to other customers including DTC‚ General Electric‚ NCR‚ and Citibank. Microsoft develops its first ad campaign called‚ “The

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