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The first practical programmable electronic digital computers were built in the late 1940s. The first commercially available programmable electronic digital computers were sold/leased in the early 1950s.
Programmable electromechanical digital computers and special purpose electronic digital computers were built through the late 1930s and early 1940s.
Mechanical, electromechanical, and electronic analog computers, both programmable and special purpose, had been built since the middle 1920s.
The earliest known analog computer dates from about 100BC. It is made with hand cut gears the quality and precision of which could not again be duplicated by machinists until the late 1700s.
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∙ 13y agoHome computers became popular at the end of the 1970's with the advent of cheap computers such as the TRS-80, Pet 2000, Texas Ti994A, but they didn't really become main stream until the release of later machines such as the VIC-20, Spectrum, Dragon32/64 and the Commodore 64. These were released in the 1981-82 onward.
As a footnote the IBM PC was not a home computer until around 1989 with the creation of the EGA video-card system. Up until then it has primarily been a business computer with low resolution graphics and no sound. The Apple was also seen as a niche market computer at that time primarily used as a DTP system.
To give you an idea of cost, I purchased a TRS-80 Color Computer and periferals in 1980 from Tandy Radio Shack HQ in Tottenham Court Road in London. It cost me £800 ($1,288.77). It would be the equivalent of buying a computer for £2984 ($4,806.42) in 2011 taking account of inflation.
Although some more affluent schools had mini-computers and some colleges had mainframes, in England computers in schools really started taking off when the BBC sponsored a computer called the BBC micro in 1981. But it didn't become mainstream in schools until around 1983.
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∙ 15y ago1977, but were too expensive.
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∙ 15y agoIn the early 1980's
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What decade did multimedia first emerge?
Multimedia first emerge around the 1980s when desktop computers became prevalent in businesses, schools, and homes.
How did the us change in the 1990s?
Computers became common in homes.
How did the computer use change during the 1990?
Computers became common in homes.
Name some areas where computers are used?
Libaries, Homes, Schools, Government, NASA, pretty much everywhere
What are the Advanced uses of computer?
Some advanced uses of computers include in cars and in homes. Home developers have started incorporating computers in homes to make smart homes.
Are schools or homes safe?
Home
Schools and factories are wired in?
are factorys schools and homes wired in series
How computers became affordable?
Probably the companies that joined in marketing "personal computers" to consumers. That is when computers became smaller, more easily accessible, and people started to buy them for their homes. Before that, computers were gigantic things that only companies could afford. IBM, Apple, and Bill Gates and his software were some of the people who helped.
In a small town 10 of the homes have 4 computers 20 have 3 computers 20 have 2 computers 40 have 1 computer and 10 have no computers. On average how many computers are there per home?
Not enough information to answer... In order to calculate the average number of computers - we would need to know the total number of households !
What is the modifier in the following sentence the family disagreed about the decision which meant the kids would be changing schools and homes?
The modifier in the sentence is "which meant the kids would be changing schools and homes," as it provides additional information about the decision that the family disagreed about. It acts as a relative clause modifying the noun "decision."
Was the first computer different from the computers that are in your homes today?
Yes.
What are the Uses of computers in homes?
to search assignments and you can also do playing
