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What circumstances made the IBM PC so successful?

This may not be a complete answer to what you are looking for, but if I were to guess I would have to say that IBM's became so popular because of the fact that they are one of the most sturdiest computers ever made. IBM iswidely known for their standards in durability Even though the IBM PC's don't have all of the cosmetic wows of say an Apple they are usually more durable and therefor last longer.

IBM became commercially popular because it's corporate strategy was to ensure the customer received support and solutions for all their business problems. Typically the larger the "user", the faster the solution. IBM's massive organization, as compared to all it's competitors, was capable of solving any problem at any cost if it's management felt it to be necessary to maintain good customer relations. IBM's PC computers were not leading edge by any standards, however, they did establish the standards for compatibility of software and internal architecture. The PC actually created a dilemma for IBM since it had capability to run and off load applications from their "bread and butter" computers, the mainframes. This was diametrically apposed to their corporate marketing/selling strategy for years.

What precautions should you take before and while using your computer?

One thing is to always make sure you are using an up-to-date anti-virus program.

This answer can also be related to health care (to avoid RSI).

It also includes Ethical issues such as privacy, accuracy, property and access rights.

What is the official name of the keyboard?

As far as I know, the official name of a computer typing keyboard is the Qwerty Keyboard.

This is due to the top alphabetic line's first six letters.

They are arranged in this way to separate the mostly used keys as in the type writer days, when people became fast typers, the needle kept getting jammed.

Who invented the computer watch?

David Jones invented the first DIY wristwatch that can be programmed in C (when?), and moved development of the firmware to SourceForge in 2008.

''However, wasn't there an earlier non-DIY computer wristwatch?''

How does the computer affect your lives?

You can get answers for anything on a computer, you can play games, research, plan things, search for pictures, movies, sports, you can do ANYTHING on a computer. we don't have to fly to France to see the Eiffel tower, we can just Google image search it

you don't need to buy the movie to watch it, you don't even have to go to the shops to buy food, you can order it online and its delivered to your front door.

What year was computers made who invented it?

In the year 1837, Charles Babbage was the first to think about something that would function like a computer and ended up designing a programmable mechanical computer that he called "The Analytical Engine" but because of limited finance, and an the inability to stop himself from trying to upgrade it and find some innovation with the design, Babbage could never actually built his Analytical Engine.

How do you find computer history from months ago?

You would go to search history and type in what you are looking for.

What are some examples of the second generation of computer?

A computer built using Very Large

Scale Integration (VLSI) integrated circuits, especially a microcomputer

based on a microprocesseor, or a parallel processor containing 2 to thousands of CPUs.

VLSI made it routine to fabricate an entire CPU,

main memory, or similar device with a single integrated circuit

that can be mass produced at very low cost. This has resulted in

new classes of machines such as personal computers,

and high performance parallel processors that contains thousands of CPUs

What was the first computer language for personal computers?

Third Generation Languages are English-like languages, which have keywords the same as or similar to everyday English words. This makes them a lot easier to learn than the earlier generations of languages. Some examples are

  • FORTRAN IV
  • COBOL
  • C
  • RPG
  • PL/1
  • Algol
  • JOVIAL
  • CMS-2
  • BASIC
  • APL
  • Simula
  • FORMAC
  • SNOBAL

Components of a computers System?

A computer consists of hardware and software

1.Hardware: These are the physical parts of computer system which provids basic computing resources eg:CPU,I/O device

2.Operating System : It cantrols cordinate use of hadware and among verios application and users,It is mediator between computer hardware and software

3.Application programs:Thy defined the way in which the system resources are used to solve the computing problems.

4.User: User are People,machine,other comuters.

What countries are hp computers made in?

Most laptops are assembled in China by ASUStek.

The consumer grade desktops are most commonly manufactured in China and Mexico, while custom orders and former VooDoo PCs were assembled in the United States.

HP's business line of desktops (HP Compaq) are manufactured in Mexico, and The United States. HP's workstation (Z series), and servers are manufactured in the United States at HP's Houston, TX facility.

First computer programmer?

Ada Lovelace is popularly credited as history's first programmer. She was the first to express an algorithm intended for implementation on a computer, Charles Babbage's analytical engine, in October 1842.[6] Her work never ran, though that of Konrad Zusedid in 1941. The ENIAC programming team, consisting of Kay McNulty, Betty Jennings, Betty Snyder, Marlyn Wescoff, Fran Bilas and Ruth Lichterman were the first working programmers.[7][8]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmer

How do computers affect people's everyday lives?

Computers can either affect in a good way or a bad way, it depends. For example, it can affect people's lives in a good way because we can use it for studying and research. But, the computer can also be effective in a bad way because computer games can control peoples lives if they are to addicted to that one certain game. Then people should take steps to get back on track with their addiction and control it.

Name the seven who invented the first apple computer?

There were not 7 people involved in the invention of the first Apple computer. There were only two involved in the invention. Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniac. A third man, Ronald Wayne helped them build the original Apple 1 and also designed the original Apple Logo.

Steps in the boot process?

1. the computer is switched on.

2.computer loads data from ROM and checks whether all the major components like processor,hard disc are functioning properly.

3.computer loads bios(basic input/output system) from ROM to determine the machine's fundamental configuration and environment.

4.computer loads the operating system from the secondary storage(hard disc) into ram .this allows the CPU to have immediate access to the operating system

,which enhances the performance and functionality of the overall system.

How do computers help us?

Without computers, no one would could communicate with anyone else around the world, or share information (files,etc). In short, computers are man's way of making up for our inherenlty flawed minds, as computers do everything that man wishes his mind could do for him. Had man not sinned in the Garden of Eden, we would never have had any use for computers, for everything we need to know we can find out ourselves, or we already know. Is that what you wanted? :)
They make life easier for us
computers are important to us because they let us do all of the things that we want to do on the Internet with a bigger screen than a phone but they are smaller than the old computers so they can be carried around
The computer or laptop is not important to us.If u say it is than it is important to us because we can use it to do Skype with our friends and family,we can text our friends,we can watch videos,we can see pictures and most important is that we get information for the internet on the laptop or computer!:)
The computer is a source of searching information. After the invention of the computer it was used by a huge number of people to find information. The computer itself gives us knowledge about different things in subject. They are made easy so it can be viewed at any time and get any information. This makes the computer important today in the world.

What are some examples of the first generation of computer?

  • Manchester Baby
  • Manchester Mark 1
  • EDVAC
  • EDSAC
  • Farranti Mark 1
  • LEO
  • ACE
  • DEUCE
  • IAS, and its copies
  • BINAC
  • MESM (USSR)
  • UNIVAC I
  • Whirlwind
  • IBM 701
  • IBM NORC
  • NICKOLAS
  • UNIVAC 1101
  • BESM-1 (USSR)
  • IBM 702
  • IBM 650
  • Gamma 3 rekenautomaat (France)
  • Electrodata Datatron 205
  • IBM 704
  • RCA BIZMAC
  • UNIVAC 1103
  • IBM 705
  • AN/FSQ-7 (the largest single CPU computer ever built)
  • UNIVAC II
  • IBM 709
  • FUJIC (Japan)
  • GE ERMA
  • UNIVAC 1105
  • Bendex G-15
  • IBM 305
  • Burroughs B220
  • Zuse Z22 (Germany)
  • TAC (Japan)
  • etc.

What does ARPA stand for?

ARP stands for Address Resolution Protocol, a network layer protocol used to convert an IP address into a physical address, such as an Ethernet address. A host wishing to obtain a physical address broadcasts an ARP request onto the TCP/IP network. The host on the network that has the IP address in the request then replies with its physical hardware address.

How to enable Clear history button?

I don't think you can disable it but you could just close the toolbar. As for enabling it, I think it is always there. If you don't have the button and want it I don't know why it's not there. (p.s. I am talking about a google toolbar)

Who invented the adding machine?

In 1642 Blaise Pascal invented the pascaline, the first adding machine using gears, to help his father calculate taxes.

William Seward Burroughs invented a different kind of adding machine in 1885.

Examples of business data processing?

Business data processing is used in a mail merge to retrieve customer's information in sending out advertising. A business accounts dept use data processing to create reports on the financial state of the business, customer credits and debits, personnel wages, etc.

Who invented computers in the ninteenth century?

AnswerAlthough not a computer in the modern sense, Charles Babbage invented the Difference engine--essentially a mechanical calculator, which he began work on in 1822. Two models of his computer have been completed and are on display, one in London, the other California. He worked on an improved version called the Analytic engine until his death in 1871.