History of Computers - Siddhant Maji by Siddhant Maji https://padlet.com/sidmaji/i1to4f8r4li5xtd The history of computers conveyed in a timeline by Siddhant Maji. en-us 2020-05-27 02:15:51 UTC 2020-05-27 03:02:14 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4bb.png Abacus - 3000 BC sidmaji https://padlet.com/sidmaji/i1to4f8r4li5xtd/wish/596011391 Beads on rods to count and calculate.]]> 2020-05-27 02:19:03 UTC https://padlet.com/sidmaji/i1to4f8r4li5xtd/wish/596011391 Slide Rule - 1630 AD sidmaji https://padlet.com/sidmaji/i1to4f8r4li5xtd/wish/596013200 Based on Napier's rules for logarithms.]]> 2020-05-27 02:21:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sidmaji/i1to4f8r4li5xtd/wish/596013200 1st Generation Computers - 1801 sidmaji https://padlet.com/sidmaji/i1to4f8r4li5xtd/wish/596015064 1st Generation computers contained vacuum tubes with no air inside to protect circuitry.]]> 2020-05-27 02:23:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sidmaji/i1to4f8r4li5xtd/wish/596015064 First Transistor - 1948 sidmaji https://padlet.com/sidmaji/i1to4f8r4li5xtd/wish/596017228 Made of Silicon and won the Nobel Prize. Had on-off switch.]]> 2020-05-27 02:26:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sidmaji/i1to4f8r4li5xtd/wish/596017228 UNIVAC - 1951 sidmaji https://padlet.com/sidmaji/i1to4f8r4li5xtd/wish/596019964 First fully electronic, digital computer, built in the U.S. weighing 30 tons.]]> 2020-05-27 02:29:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sidmaji/i1to4f8r4li5xtd/wish/596019964 2nd Generation Computer - 1956 - 63 sidmaji https://padlet.com/sidmaji/i1to4f8r4li5xtd/wish/596027017 Replaced vaccum tubes with transistors.]]> 2020-05-27 02:38:11 UTC https://padlet.com/sidmaji/i1to4f8r4li5xtd/wish/596027017 Operating Systems(OS) sidmaji https://padlet.com/sidmaji/i1to4f8r4li5xtd/wish/596028114 Instructions for a computer that are loaded on to the computer every time it turns on.]]> 2020-05-27 02:39:30 UTC https://padlet.com/sidmaji/i1to4f8r4li5xtd/wish/596028114 3rd Generation Computers - 1964 - 71 sidmaji https://padlet.com/sidmaji/i1to4f8r4li5xtd/wish/596032432 These computers used Integrated Circuits made of transistors, resistors, and capacitors.]]> 2020-05-27 02:44:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sidmaji/i1to4f8r4li5xtd/wish/596032432 4th Generation - 1971 sidmaji https://padlet.com/sidmaji/i1to4f8r4li5xtd/wish/596038507 4th Generation computers include microchips.]]> 2020-05-27 02:52:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sidmaji/i1to4f8r4li5xtd/wish/596038507 Apple Computers - 1977 sidmaji https://padlet.com/sidmaji/i1to4f8r4li5xtd/wish/596039934 Apple launches Apple II which becomes the most used computer in schools. First commercial computer with mouse.]]> 2020-05-27 02:54:00 UTC https://padlet.com/sidmaji/i1to4f8r4li5xtd/wish/596039934 IBM PC - 1981 sidmaji https://padlet.com/sidmaji/i1to4f8r4li5xtd/wish/596041540 First wide-selling personal computer. Very underrated.]]> 2020-05-27 02:55:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sidmaji/i1to4f8r4li5xtd/wish/596041540 1990's sidmaji https://padlet.com/sidmaji/i1to4f8r4li5xtd/wish/596042924
  • Computers in most homes
  • Faster and cheaper
  • Windows 95 first decent GUI
    • ]]>     2020-05-27 02:57:51 UTC https://padlet.com/sidmaji/i1to4f8r4li5xtd/wish/596042924     21st Century sidmaji https://padlet.com/sidmaji/i1to4f8r4li5xtd/wish/596043963
  • Great increase in speed, storage, and memory
  • CD Drives
  • Networking and Internet capacities
  • Cell Phones and Wireless Technology
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