0
Computer History
This category includes questions and answers about the history of the computer. Ask questions about the first computer and major developments in computing.
5,564 Questions
What was the chief component of first generation computers?
the vacuum tube ( valve) used to store data ( like 50 kilobytes )
What was the first non-electronic computer?
It was Professor John Vincent Atansoff. He developed it in 1939. It was invented in the Iowa State University.
What can a magnetic tape be used for?
- audio
- video
- computer data
- data from scientific instruments
- industrial process data for QC
- nothing, they are erasable
- etc.
How much did a computer cost in 1960?
What kind of computers?
For the home there were only the little boxes like the VIC20, TRS-80, and Apple2 which hooked up to your TV to play Pong... (or write very simple programs) in the $400-range (about $1000 in today's money.)
Commercially, there were mainframes (room-sized) and mini-frames (desk-sized) costing $10's and $100's of thousands.
What was the first personal computer When and whom was it developed?
The Sphere 1 qualified as The First Personal Computer because it included a keyboard, a number pad, and a monitor. In 1976 Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak sold the Apple I computer circuit board, which was fully prepared and contained about 30 chips. The first successfully mass marketed personal computer was the Commodore PET introduced in January 1977, which bore a striking resemblance to Sphere 1 of two years earlier. It was soon followed by the TRS-80 from Radio Shack and the popular Apple II. Mass-market pre-assembled computers allowed a wider range of people to use computers, focusing more on software applications and less on development of the processor hardware.
What are the prices of IBM compatible computers?
IBM compatible was a term used in the eighties to describe personal computers that could run PC-DOS the IBM operating software. These days the term is redundant.
What are some examples of mini computers?
A minicomputer was a class of computers sold in the mid-60's. They include Digital Equipment Corporation's 12-bit PDP-8, IBM's 1130, 1800, and system 3, Packard Bell PB 250 and many others. See the links for more.
We now use the term "midrange computer" for the modern equivalent of a minicomputer. Examples include the higher-end SPARC, POWER and Itanium-based systems from Oracle, IBM and Hewlett-Packard.
Compute as fast as possible with available technology to facilitate solutions to large complicated problems that had never been solvable before due to limited computing capacity of earlier computers and methods.
Thats it. How it does it is not important.
The three main types of Computer are Desktop, Laptop, Netbook, Tablet and Server.
To go more in depth you can then say Desktop, Laptop, Netbook, Tablet, iMac, Macbook, Macbook Pro, iPad and Servers
Hope this covers your question!
What is going to be the newest sonic game?
the new sonic game is sonic lost world it will come in 2013
Adam Osborne inventor of the laptop computer?
yeah... to find info bout him, just search him on google, bing, or wikipedia
The Xerox Alto was the first computer to use a Graphical User Interface (GUI)
A computer. ENIAC stands for Electronic Numerical Integrator And Calculator.
The ENIAC was the first digital computer in the modern sense of the word, built in 1942-1945 in USA.
What prevented computers from having an impact on everyday life in the 1950s?
There weren't computers like these today, to make a big enough impact on the world
Why did the size of computer reduced in third generation?
Computer hardware sizes have shown a direct trend of decrease over time. This relationship is irrespective of specific computational hardware eras. Reasons behind size reduction come from technological advances miniaturizing chip sets and memory such as multicore and parallel processing and solid state memory.
Why was the apple company invented?
Apple (Macintosh) company was created as a competitor to another computer giant, IBM. They are rival companies to this day, although lots of other manufacturers have entered the field, the design concept is usually either an origin of Apple or IBM.
What did Charles Babbage have a wife?
He married in 1814, on 27th July when he was only 23 years old- his wife was Georgiana Whitmore, and they lived at Dudmaston Hall in Shropshire before moving to the Portland Place region of London. They produced eight children, but only four of these survived.
Georgiana died on the first day of September 1827- two of her sons, as well as Charles's father, died the same year. Babbage never married again, and died on 18th October 1871 at the age of 79.
Why is Alan turing considered as the father of modern computer?
Alan Turing is considered to be the father of computers because he invented the Turing machine. The Turing machine is thought to be the first model of a computer.
When was the wireless headset invented?
In 1855 provided the first demonstration of wireless communication, and then in 1895 Guglielmo Marconi sent the first radio signal. Radio developed from wireless telegraphy towards the end of the 19th century. Spark transmitters made a crackling noise in the receiver, speech and music was not possible. When thermionic tubes became available in the early 20th century it was now possible to modulated the transmitter current via the output of a carbon granule microphone.
The first radio was invented in the year 1895. It was developed fully by a German scientist named Heinrich Hertz.
Although wireless telegraphy was demonstrated in 1894, it was Guglielmo Marconi who successful transmitted broadcast signals, rather than clicks, beginning in 1895.
Where can you obtain pictures of changes to the computer throughtout the years?
Go to google.com and click on images and then type in the word computer.
The full meaning of UNIVAC in computer?
The UNIVAC I (UNIVersal Automatic Computer I) was the first commercial computer produced in the United States. It was also the name of a business unit and division of the Remington Rand company formed by the 1950 purchase of the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation.
