History of the Computer and Internet

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• The first working computer was invented in 1976 by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. It was called apple.

How the term “debug” came about.

• A retired Navy Admiral named Grace Murray Hopper found a moth in his computer.

What year the internet started.And who invented it.

• The internet came out in the 1980’s but wasn’t popular until the the 1990’s when it became very popular and had a dramatic impact on common culture.

• The internet was invented by The Internet was originally developed by DARPA - the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency - as a means to share information on defense research between involved universities and defense research facilities.

• The internet came out in the 1980’s but wasn’t popular until the the 1990’s when it became very popular and had a dramatic impact on common culture.

• The internet was invented by The Internet was originally developed by DARPA - the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency - as a means to share information on defense research between involved universities and defense research facilities.

Details about Babbage Analytical Engine

• The machine was developed to help process the data for the 1890 census.

• It was invented to calculate artillery firing It was invented to calculate artillery firing tables for US Army Ballistic Research tables for US Army Ballistic Research Laboratory.Laboratory.

• ENIAC was built in the Moore School of ENIAC was built in the Moore School of Electrical Engineering of the University of Electrical Engineering of the University of Penn. Designed and built under the Penn. Designed and built under the supervision of John Mauchly and J. supervision of John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert.Presper Eckert.

• It was invented to calculate artillery firing It was invented to calculate artillery firing tables for US Army Ballistic Research tables for US Army Ballistic Research Laboratory.Laboratory.

• ENIAC was built in the Moore School of ENIAC was built in the Moore School of Electrical Engineering of the University of Electrical Engineering of the University of Penn. Designed and built under the Penn. Designed and built under the supervision of John Mauchly and J. supervision of John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert.Presper Eckert.

Program what is it? Program what is it?

• An organized list of instructions that when preformed, causes the computer to act in a predetermined matter.

• The vacuum tube, used to amplify music and voice, made long-distance calling practical, but the tubes consumed power, created heat and burned out rapidly, requiring high maintenance.

Binary System Binary System

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