History of Computers by Lynn Koresh https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm Devices that made significant contributions to what we call computers. en-us 2017-01-17 16:59:17 UTC 2024-11-20 01:51:15 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Diskette.png Analytical Engine lynnkoresh https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/147605015 1835
Charles Babbage
First computing device that used input data.  The data was created on punched cards and then read into the machine.
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]]> 2017-01-17 17:03:41 UTC https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/147605015 PS2 maljac https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/148840908 Jack M.
2000
Sony
In 2000 the PS2 was introduced and it was important because it was a game system that was faster, better, and much better than the PS1.
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Steve jobs
in 1983 the apple l.i.s.a. computer made by Steve jobs but was named by his daughter named Lisa jobs
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grace t-c]]> 2017-01-23 19:25:47 UTC https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/148843930 Microsoft Introduces Word. vanaya1 https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/148848024 ITEM: MicroSoft Word
DATE: 1983.
CREATOR:  MicroSoft.

It helped develop a place to write so you didn't have to use a type writer. I also think that it helped inspire google docs.

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Ayanna.V]]> 2017-01-23 19:32:32 UTC https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/148848024 Atari 400/800 brathe1 https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/149160866 1979
Atari
In November of 1979 Atari releases the Atari 400, a high performance computer serving mostly as a game console, and  the Atari 800, which served mostly a home computer
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Evan]]> 2017-01-24 20:13:36 UTC https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/149160866 Franklin Releases Apple ll Clones gehrnic https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/149163185 1982
Franklin
5 years after Apple ll came out Franklin made a clone of the computer making a lot of money.
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]]> 2017-01-24 20:21:18 UTC https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/149163185 PowerMac G5 colrub https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/149163641 The PowerMac G5 came out in 2003 by Apple.
It was the first 64-bit personal computer. The PowerMac G5 G5 is the most powerful Macintosh ever released to that point. PowerMac G5 brought a faster computer ram.

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]]> 2017-01-24 20:22:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/149163641 Williams- Kilburn Tube chanoa https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/149165975 1942
Freddie Williams and Tom Kilburn
The first high-speed entirely electronic memory.
It helped our tech. today by inspiring the thought of keeping you memories in one item.
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]]> 2017-01-24 20:30:33 UTC https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/149165975 PowerMac G5 brathe1 https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/149167170 2003
Apple
In June of 2003 the PowerMac G5 was released. It was hailed as the first 64-bit personal computer. It was rated 3 out of the Top 500 of that years fastest computers
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Evan]]> 2017-01-24 20:35:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/149167170 Teleprinter manlol https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/149748000 1933
Samuel Morse
The Teleprinter was used in World War II by most people in the world.  It sent messages in morse code and was typed like a type writer.
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By: Bobby A.]]> 2017-01-26 20:07:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/149748000 PalyStation gehrnic https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/149748961
1995
Sony
the PlayStation was released to North America in 1995. It was a huge success and sold over hundred million copies.
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]]> 2017-01-26 20:10:16 UTC https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/149748961 Shakey maljac https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/149749880 Jack M.
1970
Charles Rosen
Shakey was the first robot that had was controlled by AI and was revolutionary for robots.
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Created by the company Olivetti

The reason it is important to the history of computers is because it was the first computer people could have as their own, the first personal computer.

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By Laura Anna K.]]> 2017-01-26 20:15:02 UTC https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/149750173 Birth of the Modem gamjac https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/149750248 1949
Contributions from several people.
Computers can now communicate over phone lines. The modem changes digital data into sounds, and changes received sounds into digital data. It was created by Jack Harrington's group at the research study center and  was developed by Dennis Hayes and Dale heatherington.
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By Jack Gammie]]> 2017-01-26 20:15:22 UTC https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/149750248 Curta Calculator colrub https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/149750944 By: Ruby Joy C.
Item: Curta calculator
date: 1943
Curt Herzstark invented the curta calculator pre-war (world war II) and afterwards his invention made history as the smallest all-mechanical, four-function calculator ever built.
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Pixar
It becomes the first computer animated film to win an Academy Award , taking the Oscar  for best animated film
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]]> 2017-01-26 20:20:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/149751848 ITunes motgra https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/149752779 2001
Apple
iTunes was based off of Bill Kincaids SoundJam MP software. iTunes allowed people to burn custom CD's and mix the music with different songs.
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By: Natalie]]> 2017-01-26 20:23:07 UTC https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/149752779 Speed code gehrnic https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/149753964 John Backus
1953
John Backus
John Backus invented the first scientific computer, the IBM 701 in 1953. It was the most popular scientific programming language in history and still is today
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]]> 2017-01-26 20:27:20 UTC https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/149753964 Speak and Spell https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/149754601 1978
Texas Instruments

The speak and spell was one of the first children's learning aids that would actually "talk back"
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]]> 2017-01-26 20:29:34 UTC https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/149754601 iMac koslau https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/149755248 1998
Apple

The iMac is important to the history of computers because it boosted the popularity of the internet and saved Apple from their death.

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by Laura Anna K.]]> 2017-01-26 20:31:45 UTC https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/149755248 Apple 1 motgra https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/149756593 1976
Steve Wozniak
After Steve Wozniak finished Apple-1 Steve jobs and Steve Wozniak got a request of fifty computers.
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By: Natalie]]> 2017-01-26 20:36:52 UTC https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/149756593 Columbia Supercomputer system Ames Research Center supercomputer. vanaya1 https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/150674664 ITEM: Columbia Supercomputer system.
DATE: 2005
CREATOR: N.A.S.A

It helped us learn more about space vehicle analysis and helped us develop more vehicles to help us learn more about space.

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]]> 2017-01-31 20:04:37 UTC https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/150674664 Roomba https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/150674970 2002
iRobot

The Roomba was a automatic vacuum cleaner that could avoid obstacles like stairs, walls, etc.
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]]> 2017-01-31 20:05:33 UTC https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/150674970 SSD colrub https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/150675692 by: Ruby Joy Colaluca
date: 1992
item: SSD module

the SSD module offered more powerful advantages over hard discs and soon overtook them

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]]> 2017-01-31 20:07:34 UTC https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/150675692 Mac Book Air https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/150677965 2008
Apple
the mac book air was one of the first consumer available laptop computers
it was the first market computer to replace the hard drive  with a solid state disk
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]]> 2017-01-31 20:14:37 UTC https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/150677965 hacker group anonymous forms tragra https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/150678088 2004
In 2004 a group called Anons protested against scientology and were considered 'hacktivists'
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Apple 
In June of 2007 the first iPhones were released.The iPhone is important because it was the first touchscreen with the combination of a web browser, music player, and cell phone which could also download "apps" (applications).
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]]> 2017-01-31 20:17:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/150678744 Digital Phone Lines harcar https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/150679937 By Carter Harms
1958
Phone companies develop phone boxes to maximize the amount of calls that could be used on one line. This greatly improved the telephone business.

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NewTek
The Video Toaster is the combination of hardware and software for the editing and production the Amiga. 
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By: Bobby A]]> 2017-01-31 20:22:29 UTC https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/150680400 Doom is released gamjac https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/150684511 1993
Via USENET
Doom is a first shooter game. Doom became super popular in many ways. One way is it was one of the first, first shooter game.
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]]> 2017-01-31 20:35:32 UTC https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/150684511 Minecraft schmark https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/150975549 2009
Mojang
A simple but yet very fun game, created by the lead developer Notch and Mojang. Alpha was released in 2009, but the whole game was not out until 2011. The PC version costs $35, the tablet edition costs $10, and the console version costs $20.
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Pixar was originally bought  by Steve Jobs for 10 million dollars. Pixar was then bought by Disney in 2006.

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]]> 2017-02-01 20:07:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/150976439 Group of Hackers qurzoe https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/151163187 2004

A group called anons were people who were considered as hackers and protested against things.

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]]> 2017-02-02 15:06:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/151163187 Nintendo Wii game console woomag https://padlet.com/lynnkoresh/jtyo9nyottvm/wish/151941785 2006
The game console was made so the user could interact more with the game they were playing. It could detect the players movements. It now has many different kids of controllers like Wii tennis and Wii boxing.

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