History of the computer

By: Robert

BTT 101-03
February 2014
Basic tasks
You can talk with friends on social networking or
skype
Get information
Do calculations
Storage of pictures or documents
Its also fun to play games
Computers in schools
Information storage and getting info.
Learning tools such as how to type
Temperature control
Ancestors of computers/ early
electronic computers from the
40s and 50s
Early computers:
Abacus
Antikythera
Sky disk of Nebra

40s and 50s:
Mark1 computer
Univac computer
Eniac computer

Broke down
easy due to
too much
heat being
generated
The Eniac computer
Languages, 2
nd
generations, Ram
in the first computer
The early languages were cobral, fortran, and
basic.

The 2
nd
generation was smaller more efficient
and you could use programming.

The first Australian computer

Had 2 Kbytes of RAM.
3
rd
generation
Smaller than the 2
nd
generation
Faster
Cheaper
Also had a silicone chip for processing
Pc, visicalc?, large production
personal computer, multimedia
Pc stands for Personal computer
Bill Gates made Pc and sold it to IBM
Pc users gained access to the web in the 90s

Visicalc is a hobby that turned into a business
tool

Multimedia means to share or present videos and
pictures with one another.
Computers from Nowadays,
convergence and hopefully in the
future
Computers are used for social networking such
as facebook and twitter, games and research

Convergence is everything coming together in
perfect harmony

In the future I wish computers would cook for
you so you do not have to and also tell you when
low on food.