History of Computers

By Blaine McLeod
What Can a Computer Do?
Find information
Store data
Communicate with other people
To entertain people
Calulate
Run Software
Computers in School
Temperature control
Learning tools
Communication tools
Computer Ancestors
Abacus
Antikythera
Punchcard Loom
Early Computers
Mark One Computer
CSIRAC Computer
Bad Things about these
computers
Too much heat because
of the vacuum tubes
they used
SECOND GENERATION
Why are they better than First Generation
Smaller
Cheaper
Faster
Wouldnt heat up as much
They introduced:
New computer languages
such as:
Cobol
Fortran
Basic

Third Generation
Changes:
Computers started to
use chips which allowed
networking
What did it introduce?:
The first large scale
production personal
computer
Apple II
World Wide Web (90s)
VisiCalc
Computers Today
Computers are known as PCs (Personal Computers)
They are used for mostly finding information, entertainment, and
communication.