History of Computers by Neel Vasa https://padlet.com/neelvasa501/dg8brxu1hw8zc57u 3000 BC - 21st Century en-us 2021-04-07 17:41:11 UTC 2024-10-31 16:45:28 UTC hello@padlet.com 3000 BC neelvasa501 https://padlet.com/neelvasa501/dg8brxu1hw8zc57u/wish/1392680607 Abacus - Beads on rods to count and calculate]]> 2021-04-07 17:51:11 UTC https://padlet.com/neelvasa501/dg8brxu1hw8zc57u/wish/1392680607 1801 AD neelvasa501 https://padlet.com/neelvasa501/dg8brxu1hw8zc57u/wish/1392685139 Jacquard Loom - First stored program - metal cards]]> 2021-04-07 17:52:11 UTC https://padlet.com/neelvasa501/dg8brxu1hw8zc57u/wish/1392685139 1941-56 neelvasa501 https://padlet.com/neelvasa501/dg8brxu1hw8zc57u/wish/1400921195 1st generation computers used Vacuum Tubes with no air inside to protect circuitry

]]> 2021-04-09 17:35:03 UTC https://padlet.com/neelvasa501/dg8brxu1hw8zc57u/wish/1400921195 1956-63 neelvasa501 https://padlet.com/neelvasa501/dg8brxu1hw8zc57u/wish/1400932664 2nd generation replaced vacuum tubes with transistors]]> 2021-04-09 17:37:57 UTC https://padlet.com/neelvasa501/dg8brxu1hw8zc57u/wish/1400932664 1971 neelvasa501 https://padlet.com/neelvasa501/dg8brxu1hw8zc57u/wish/1400940979 4th Generation computers had microchips
Intel 4004 Microchip had 2,250 transistors]]> 2021-04-09 17:39:49 UTC https://padlet.com/neelvasa501/dg8brxu1hw8zc57u/wish/1400940979 1981 neelvasa501 https://padlet.com/neelvasa501/dg8brxu1hw8zc57u/wish/1400947595 2021-04-09 17:41:28 UTC https://padlet.com/neelvasa501/dg8brxu1hw8zc57u/wish/1400947595 21st Century neelvasa501 https://padlet.com/neelvasa501/dg8brxu1hw8zc57u/wish/1400950678 2021-04-09 17:42:01 UTC https://padlet.com/neelvasa501/dg8brxu1hw8zc57u/wish/1400950678 1630 AD neelvasa501 https://padlet.com/neelvasa501/dg8brxu1hw8zc57u/wish/1400956349 Slide Rule - Based on Napier's rules for logarithms]]> 2021-04-09 17:43:29 UTC https://padlet.com/neelvasa501/dg8brxu1hw8zc57u/wish/1400956349 1822-1833 neelvasa501 https://padlet.com/neelvasa501/dg8brxu1hw8zc57u/wish/1400960561 2021-04-09 17:44:30 UTC https://padlet.com/neelvasa501/dg8brxu1hw8zc57u/wish/1400960561 1945 neelvasa501 https://padlet.com/neelvasa501/dg8brxu1hw8zc57u/wish/1400963359 First Computer Bug - Moth stuck in relay switch. Grace Hopper called it debugging a computer]]> 2021-04-09 17:45:12 UTC https://padlet.com/neelvasa501/dg8brxu1hw8zc57u/wish/1400963359 1948 neelvasa501 https://padlet.com/neelvasa501/dg8brxu1hw8zc57u/wish/1400968555 First Transistor - Used silicon, won Nobel prize, on-off switch]]> 2021-04-09 17:46:30 UTC https://padlet.com/neelvasa501/dg8brxu1hw8zc57u/wish/1400968555 1951 neelvasa501 https://padlet.com/neelvasa501/dg8brxu1hw8zc57u/wish/1400972812 UNIVAC - first fully electronic digital computer built in the US, Created at the University of Pennsylvania. Weighed 30 tons, contained 18,00 vacuum tubes, Cost $487,000]]> 2021-04-09 17:47:31 UTC https://padlet.com/neelvasa501/dg8brxu1hw8zc57u/wish/1400972812 1964-71 neelvasa501 https://padlet.com/neelvasa501/dg8brxu1hw8zc57u/wish/1400994145 3rd Generation computers used Integrated Circuits that were made made of transistors, resistors, and capacitors integrated into one chip]]> 2021-04-09 17:52:50 UTC https://padlet.com/neelvasa501/dg8brxu1hw8zc57u/wish/1400994145 1975 neelvasa501 https://padlet.com/neelvasa501/dg8brxu1hw8zc57u/wish/1401006429 2021-04-09 17:55:46 UTC https://padlet.com/neelvasa501/dg8brxu1hw8zc57u/wish/1401006429 1977 neelvasa501 https://padlet.com/neelvasa501/dg8brxu1hw8zc57u/wish/1401009500 2021-04-09 17:56:31 UTC https://padlet.com/neelvasa501/dg8brxu1hw8zc57u/wish/1401009500 1990's neelvasa501 https://padlet.com/neelvasa501/dg8brxu1hw8zc57u/wish/1401012575 Computers in most homes
Faster and less expensive
Windows 95 was 1st decent GUI]]> 2021-04-09 17:57:13 UTC https://padlet.com/neelvasa501/dg8brxu1hw8zc57u/wish/1401012575