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What was the primary form of input with computers in the 1970's?

hightowerharperg — 2024-09-17 13:02:10 UTC

Punched cards

What was the primary form of input with computers in 1990s/early 2000s

thomasheavenl — 2024-09-17 13:02:11 UTC

Key Boards

How was information presented back to users (output)? 1990s

thomasheavenl — 2024-09-17 13:02:34 UTC

America Online (AOL) and Internet Relay Chat (IRC)

1. What was the primary form of input with computers in late 2000's?

2024-09-17 13:02:42 UTC

teleprinter-style keyboards

1. What was the primary form of input with computers? 1980s

hapeshisavag — 2024-09-17 13:02:55 UTC

Computer mouses

What were computers typically used for at this time? 1990s

thomasheavenl — 2024-09-17 13:02:56 UTC

word processing and playing simple games.

How was information presented back to users (output) in the 1970's?

hightowerharperg — 2024-09-17 13:03:14 UTC

The first computers were connected in 1969 and the Network Control Protocol was implemented in 1970, development of which was led by Steve Crocker at UCLA and other graduate students, including Jon Postel and Vint Cerf. The network was declared operational in 1971.

What did computers look like? How big are they? Are they stationary? in the 1990s

thomasheavenl — 2024-09-17 13:03:19 UTC

Computers in the 1990s were bulky and not very user-friendly. They had large monitors and keyboards that took up a lot of space.

2. How was the information presented back to users (output)? 1980s

hapeshisavag — 2024-09-17 13:04:12 UTC

Reckon dial-up is old? In the early '80s, the Internet didn't even have that. When it first started to connect computers, it was powered by a network called USENET. This still relied on phone modems to work but didn't have a lot of the technology that dial-up eventually developed to be used by the public.

What were computers typically used for at this time in the 1970's?

hightowerharperg — 2024-09-17 13:04:45 UTC

To plan, control and automate manufacturing processes.

2. How was information presented back to users (output) in late 2000?

2024-09-17 13:05:03 UTC

presented back to users through websites, emails, printed materials, and some basic software applications.

3. What were computers typically used for at this time?1980s

hapeshisavag — 2024-09-17 13:06:00 UTC

Their most common uses were word processing, playing video games, and programming.

What did computers look like? How big are they? Are they stationary? etc. in the 1970's

hightowerharperg — 2024-09-17 13:06:17 UTC

A front panel, consisting of LEDs and toggle switches, was a distinctive feature of many 1970s personal computers that is not usually seen on modern machines. The panel could be used to enter programs into the machine, but the process is particularly laborious.

they were 43.2 x 45.7 x 17.7cm

Before the introduction of the microprocessor in the early 1970s, computers were generally large, costly systems owned by large corporations, universities, government agencies, and similar-sized institutions.

4. What did computers look like? How big are they? Are they stationary? etc. 1980s

hapeshisavag — 2024-09-17 13:06:30 UTC

By modern standards, 1980s home computers were laughably primitive: machines with rubber keyboards, blocky graphics, beepy sound, and less processing power than the cheapest mobile phone of today. Yet in the analogue 1980s home they were positively space age.

They were rather large and could not move because they were plugged into a wall

3. What were computers typically used for in late 2000’s?

2024-09-17 13:07:22 UTC

Word processing, internet browsing, email communication, working from home, and gaming.

4. What did computers look like? How big are they? Are they stationary? ect. in late 2000's?

2024-09-17 13:10:22 UTC

monitor, keyboard, and mouse connected to them. they were becoming increasingly thinner, smaller, and lighter compared to earlier models.