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Computer/Internet Timeline (Jacquard Loom: A machine fitted to a power…
Computer/Internet Timeline
Jacquard Loom:
A machine fitted to a power loom that simplifies the process of making textiles. It was used for weaving fabric and making intricate textiles.
Clifford Berry:
An electrical engineer who developed the first digital electronic computer in 1939.
Microsoft:
A multinational technology company that develops, manufactures, and sells computer software, consumer services, personal computers, and services.
Floppy Disk:
A thin, flexible magnetic disk used for storing data.
Integrated Circuit:
The little black "chips" found on just about every circuit board inside most electronics. They are the heart and brains of most circuits and is used for turning electricity on or off, or it can amplify.
HTML:
The standard markup language for creating web pages and web applications. It describes the structure of a web page and originally included cues for the appearance of the document.
IBM:
A multinational technology company that manufactures and markets computer hardware, middleware, and software, and provides hosting and services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology.
Ipad:
A line of tablet computers designed, developed, and sold by Apple. Ipads can shoot videos, take photos, play music, and perform internet functions such as web-browsing and emailing.
GUI:
A type of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and visual indicators.
Facebook:
An online social media and social networking service company. People can use it for exchanging messages, adding friends, posting status updates, sharing photos and links, and receiving notifications of other users' activity.
Apple "Lisa":
A desktop computer developed by Apple in 1983. It was one of the first personal computers to offer a graphical user interface and was intended for business users.
ENIAC:
One of the earliest electronic general-purpose computers made. It was used for calculating artillery firing tables or any large class of numerical problems.
Ethernet:
A system for connecting a number of computer systems to form a local area network.
Apple:
A multinational technology company that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services.
"Turing Machine":
A mathematical model of computation, which manipulates symbols on a strip of tape according to a table of rules.
YouTube:
A video-sharing website. It allows users to upload, view, rate, share, report, comment on videos, add to favorites, and subscribe to other users.
Google:
A multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware.
Microsoft Windows:
A group of several graphical operating system families, all of which are developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft.
The Personal Computer:
A multi-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and price make it possible for individual. It allows people to surf the web, talk to other people around the world, go on social media, partake in programs, and many other things.
DRAM:
A type of random access semiconductor memory that stores each bit of data in a separate tiny capacitor within an integrated circuit.
COBOL:
A compiled computer programming language designed for business use.
Iphone:
A line of smartphones designed and marketed by Apple. They are used by millions of people all over the world for messaging, emailing, games, calling, social media, and many more things.
Wi-Fi:
A technology for wireless local area networking that allows people to connect to the internet from anywhere.
VisiCalc:
The first spreadsheet computer program for personal computers that businnesses and students use all over the world today.
**Symbolics.com:
Two companies that sold and maintained the Opera Genera Lisp system and the Macsyma computer algebra system. It was the first .com-domain the world.