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The Start ( 1940s -1950s)

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From the 1940s until the 1960s computers were bulky pieces of technology made mostly for statistical analyzing in 1945 the first electronic, general purpose programmable computer, ran hydrogen bomb calculations. It was developed at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, for the us army called the ENIAC during this time fundamentals of the computer were being Discovered e.g during November 1947 At Bell Labs, Walter H. Brattain and John A. Bardeen, discovered the transistor effect.this was the start to making small low power electronic devices and eventually lead to low cost circuits in the future.during this period in 1956 At MIT Doug Ross created the Flexowriter -- an electrically-controlled typewriter -- connected to an MIT computer could function as a keyboard input device due to its low cost and flexibility.(“Timeline of Computer History”)

The beginning (1960s-1970s)

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The computer first started trending when the intel 8080 microchip processor came out this made having power for computer cheap and reaibale for home use due to this chip MITS(Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems) released their Altier 88000 micro computer a that used the intel 8080 chip and was the first to start the micro computer craze in 1971 it was produced as a electronic calculator kit that you had to assemble your self due to its affordable price and compact power a small no name brand became popular and at that time it sold over 15,000 units ( wich was alot during that time).(“Altair 8800 Microcomputer”)

How it Started to Trend (1970s-1980s)

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After the succes of micro computers like the altair 8800,Apple I and the 1200 Wang word processing system ( WPS by Wang Laboratories. in 1977 the big break through came when apple, tandy and commodore each release their own personal computer system apple released their Apple II wich sold 6 million units and established apple as a lead in the personal computer market, tandy making their TRS-80 wich sold over 10,000 units in its first month and from 1977-1981 it sold over 200,00 and 2,4 million units sold during its life time (“1977 Trinity and Other Era-Defining PCs”). also Commodrade making their PET 2001 and selling 219,000 since the products were affordable and was easy and useful for the time almost everybody wanted one every model was either $700 or $1500 Range so everybody could have a computer and it was more affordable compared to previous models.(Pegasus3d.com)

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Data in computer sales during 1976 till 1981

When Did it Go Global (1970s)

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It went Global in 1970s during the microcomputer revolution were micro computers made having computers easy to use and making them available for household use. Further more in 1977 during the drop of the the “1977 Trinity” of computers the apple , commodore and tandy released their won computers that made a mark on because 48,000 personal computers were sold worldwide in that year (“History of the Consumer Personal Computer.”) also more than 15 million pc monitors and computer were sold globally in 2021 a 20% increase from 2020 also Global Shipments to Hit Over 78 Million Units by 2025. the diffuission that took place i would say is contagious because if somebody bought a computer and told another person they would get be intrigued to buy one too also i think it is alo a hierarchical diffusion because back then computer were advertised by celebrities or famous people. CEOs that made them self famous like steve jobs,bill gates and Jenseng huan to promote their products.

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Personal computers worldwide

How is it Trending Today ( 2000s Till now)

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The computer is still trending today and it is still trending very hard. It is still the leading product when it comes to performance and work. The personal computers market size has grown steadily in recent years. It will grow from $73.34 billion in 2024 to $75.97 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.6%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to technological advancements, business and personal use, operating systems, gaming and entertainment( the business research company,2025). Also since the computer is very compatible with day to day life today no wonder the market is rising and trending because it is very versatile becaus eit can get work gaming and other tasks done making it very compatible

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Personal Computer Global Market

Software Developments (1980s 1990s)

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In 1983 the first software breakthrough for the personal computer was made by apple.in their product the Apple lisa, it was the first commercially available computer with a GUI due to this breakthrough it lead to the development of microsoft and other gui systems this cemented them furthermore in the computer market and made their next release The Apple Macintosh, the first fully mouse operated computer with applications such as MacPaint, which made use of the mouse, and MacWrite, which demonstrated WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) word processing. This was the start of modern computing and apple made it happen and sold over 10 million units (“Timeline of Computer History”). Also Microsoft released the windows 1 also adding more to popularity of the computer but it was only a starting for their later elase but the windows one made a user friendly GUI in 1985.Microsoft launched Windows 95 & Internet Explorer, selling well over 1 million copies in the first 4 days of its release In 1995.(Hinks)

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Apple Macintosh

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How Internet affected the computers popularity (1980s)

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Network

Ethernet in 1973 allowed Enabled computers to connect and share data and then ARPANET and the Defense Data Network officially changed to the TCP/IP standard on January 1, 1983, creating the Internet. All networks could now be connected by a universal language. Allowing web browsers and websites to exist allowing people to interact globally more easily and made the computer more popular and the demand of the computer rose.The first web page was created and published by Tim Berners-Lee.due to this it allowed for social media to come in play like face book in 2006 (Press).

How Portable's made the Computer Trend (1980s 1990s)

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Laptops and Portables (1980s–1990s) The Osborne 1 (1973) and later true laptops made computing mobile on ur lap after the Osborne 1, major computer companies were in a hurry release their own takes on portable computer/laptop. Each added incremental innovation such as . In 1983, Epson released the PX-8 Geneva, using a LCD screen over CRTs, cutting weight by 14 pounds. Also apple hoping on the trend with there macintosh portable in 1989 aswell as releasing their own laptop seiris the powerbook in 1991 with the Powerbook 100, PowerBook 140 and Powerbook 170 a seriśs of laptops with entry level mid range and high range laptops that laid the basis for the macbook(“Timeline of Computer History”) wich you might be using right now also. Laptops went from 28 pounds to now almost 2 or 1.5 pounds. (“Evolution of Portable Computers”)

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Powerbook

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Macbook

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picture of gaming computer

Gaming leading to Technological Advances ( Late 1990s and 2000s)

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Technological Advance for the gaming laptop for the gaming laptop was the addition of the GPU Graphics processing unit first created by Navida in 1993 the Geforce 256 the GPU added more power to the computer and worked along side the CPU due to this invention gaming got easier and power was ess of a sacre for the pc gaming industry also dual core processors from the x86-architecture microprocessors from Intel from 2006 to 2009.making using and playing computer game very easy (Diongson).

How Gaming affected how the computer is trending ( 2020s)

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Popularity of gaming computers are at an all time high due to many factors like pc limited game releases and the positive stigma towards the pc gaming genre also streaming services like twitch inspiring people to build stream set ups and get pc computers. According to IDC data, the combined value of the gaming PC and monitor markets hit $43bn in 2020, a 60% jump in five years. By 2025, the entire industry is expected to continue growing by CARG of 7.4% and hit a $60bn value showing a massive 40% increase in five years. (Killian)

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market overview

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how PC get more games and how game developer prefer PC

Future of Computing ( Future)

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Microsoft recently made a breakthrough in the quantum computer market by making the marjona 1 chip a quantum processor with a topological core architecture that create.topological superconductivity create topological quibits. This a a new form of matter and now this is heling the quantum computer to evolve because it allows more quibits to be in one chip quibits are what make quantum computers Quantum they are transistors that make alow quantum commuter to do everything in the most fastest way. (HP Online Store) also neurological computing In neuromorphic architecture, synapses are represented as transistor-based synaptic devices, employing circuits to transmit electrical signals. Synapses typically include a learning component, altering their weight values over time according to activity within the spiking neural network. This can help with Cybersecurity Neuromorphic systems can help detect unusual patterns The characteristics of neuromorphic architecture make it suitable for edge AI.Pattern recognition.Because of its extensive parallel processing capabilities, neuromorphic computing can be used in machine learning applications for recognizing patterns in natural language (Caballar and Stryker)

The Patterns the evoution of the computer followed

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The pattern that the evolution of the computer followed were. Making the design of the laptop more compact and portable like the addition of laptops, also making more power but also making the power smaller or just adding more power in general for example from having very big and bulky computer station that for example UNIVAC or the CSIRAC wich were big bulky computers that needed a whole room and was less powerful compared to one of the computers in present day wich are small lighter and more compact with performance and aesthitic for example one of the pc that you can build now using a RTX 4090 with a AMD rayzen CPU wich would be 100x faster than a bulky old computer. Or for example the osborne 1 the first laptop being 28 pounds and now a laptop is 2 pounds in weight.

Did the pattern Change overtime

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As of now the trend did not change it is still the same but now as well as of making it smaller and more power. But now thier is also a emphasis on making the computer quiter and the cooling element better computer are still trying to get smaller and more power full and now even quantum computers are getting into this trend for example the Morjona 1 that is a compact quantum computer but its cooling makes it very big. For example Water cooling and added more fans into the pc. Also in the early stages of the computer the pattern was to make the most efeicnt products for the computer like the keyboard and transisitor both of these invention were made through golobal interaction because people intearceted with others to create and develop computers and it is ever growing

BIBLOGRAPHY

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NAqDAH4qdhND8Uc1eqFM5orKW178csoGCieea-Ic2dY/edit?usp=sharing

Progress ( 1950s and 1960s)

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March 1951 The U.S. Census Bureau purchases the Univac, developed by the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation March 1951 The U.S. Census Bureau purchases the Univac, developed by the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation and creates sells each on for 1 million dollars.(“Timeline of Computer History”) also the Apple I was in development and was sold as well as the starting of the IBM computer also in 1958 – Integrated Circuit InventedJack Kilby and Robert Noyce independently invented the integrated circuit (microchip), allowing multiple transistors on a single chip and paving the way for modern microprocessors this shows how expensive and experimental this stage of the computers life was (Press).