The History of Computers- September 19, 2008

By dara252

ASII White- a super computer that took millions of minds to compose.

Charles Babbage-English Scientist that is considered as the “father of computers.” He thought of mechanical computers. He called his machine the Analytical Machine.

Hermon Hollerith- MIT instructor who formed the basis company for IBM.

Colossus- A computer made during World War II to break the German Code. It was called Inigma and it was made by the British. The machine compared sequences of letter very well and quickly.

Manchley and Eckert-Manchley was a physicist who thought about a device to construct to help win the war. His team member was his student, Eckert. They completed the computer Ineack.

John Yon Neumann- This man wrote a paper that affected the next computer design. The paper proposed a machine that had capability idea for selling storage internally.

IBM- A computer company dominated the computer business in the early 60s.

Kilby and Noyce- 1959 engineers independently invented a single chip of silicon.

Ted Hoff- Invented the final step in miniorization.

Douglas Engelbart- A computer scientist that wanted to invent an easy-to-use computer. He camp up with the keyboard and the mouse.

Xerox- In 1973 this company came up with the Introduction to the Alto. They revolutionized the machine.

Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs- In the mid 1970s this team built Apple 1 in their garage. They had the first smallest kit making computer. Apple II put the personal in PC it also had graphics. Macintosh was introduced in 1984.

Bill Gates- Creator of Microsoft and the richest man in the world.

1. The three cultural influences that spurred the development of computers were , one was the need for decoding codes and military intelligence in WW11 another reason was performing calculations that government had to do for population count and calculations that other occupation needed like scientists and doctors. Another reason was the need for new technology that worked precisely.

2. The early

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