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The desktop environment rather than the physical machine initially begun as a research project by Douglas Engelbart for SRI International, who is also attributed for creating the computer mouse to go with it. The term "WIMP" was used to describe "windows, icons, menus, pointer", which is now commonly termed the desktop as we know it today. It was first seen in a computer in the Xerox Alto in 1973, which was the first to have a virtual desktop and mouse, roughly 10 years before the Apple Lisa which is commonly and incorrectly regarded to have been the first.
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∙ 11y agoMicro Instrumentation Telemetry Systems (MITS) was the first company that created a desktop computer, called Altair.
Tandy (Radio Shack) was the first major company to produce desktop computers.
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∙ 8y agoNo one knows who made the first desk. It probable evolved from some simpler shape, but the basic desk forms were developed mostly in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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∙ 9y agoThe Programma 101 was the first desktop computer to be sold commercially. It was invented by an engineer named Pier Giorgio Perotto at Olivetti, an Italian company.
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What as the name of the first personal computer?
The first desktop personal computer was the Programma 101. It was invented by Pier Giorgio Perotto and was produced by Olivetti company.
When was the first computer inveted and who invented it?
The computer was invented in 1940 by John wireless
What company invented the computer?
The first desktop computer was produced by an Italian company Olivetti. It launched at the New York World's Fair in 1964 and sold for $3,200.
What person invented the desktop computer?
Freya (jenny-carol) Cuthbertson
When the first computer was invented not a calculating device and who invented it?
first computer was invented by Chals Babeje. It invented in 1938
When was the current computer desktop invented?
The first such desktop-size system specifically designed for personal use appeared in 1974;The first desktop was the MITS ALTAIR 8800, I believe made in 1974 and shown on the cover of Popular Electronics in January 1975, which became the inspiration for another company called Microsoft.
When was the first Gateway computer invented?
The first computer was invented in Germany in 1936 to 1938. The first Gateway computer was invented in 1991, which is when the company got their start.
Where was the first caclulator invented?
The oldest calculator, the abacus, was invented in ancient Egypt(unknown date). The first Mechanical calculator, known as the Calculating clock, was invented by Willhelm Schickard in 1623. The first electronic desktop calculator were announced by the Bell Punch Co, in Uxbridge England in 1961. Finally, the first handheld computer was invented in 1980.
How big was the first portable computer?
Like a normal desktop computer. Very big!
Wwwho invented computer?
Charles Babbage invented the first computer.
What is the Desktop Screen?
What your icons are displayed on when you first start up.
Who invented the first modern computer during world war 2?
The first computer was invented in 1946
