Computer History

Daniel Fajardo

Introduction to computers
Computers were created to facilitate a humans work
Charles Babbage is considered the father of the
computer because he invented the first mechanical
computer
The ENIAC was invented to calculate artillery firing
tables for the United States Armys Ballistic Research
Laboratory

Pre-computer Age
The calculating engines of
English mathematician
Charles Babbage (17911871) are among the most
celebrated icons in the
prehistory of computing.
Invented the first
successful automatic
calculator and remains
one of the finest examples
of precision engineering of
the time.

Known as the father of computer

First Gen

Used vacuum tubes for circuit

Magnetic drums for memory

Expensive to operate

Relied on machine language

They could only solve one problem at the time

Input was based on punched cards and paper tape

Second
Generation

Transistors replaced
vacuum tubes
The transistor was the
superior to the vacuum
tube
It still relied on punched
cards for input and
printouts for output
Moved from cryptic binary
machine to symbolic
First computer that stored

Third Generation
The development of the integrated circuit
Transistors were miniaturized and placed on silicon
chips
Instead of punched card and printouts. They used
keyboards and monitors
Became accessible to a mass audience

Fourth Generation

The microprocessor brought the

fourth generation
The intel 4004 chip located the
components of the computer in
a single chip
IBM introduced its first
computer for the home user
1984 Apple introduced the
Macintosh
Development of the mouse

Fifth Generation
It was based on artificial
intelligence
The use of parallel
processing and
superconductors
Quantum computation
and molecular and
nanotechnology will
radically change the years
to come

Development/Impact of Windows
Bill Gates and Paul Allen, see that personal computing is a path to
the future.
In 1975, Gates and Allen form a partnership called Microsoft.
On November 20, 1985, two years after the initial announcement,
Microsoft ships Windows1.0.
MSDOS file management, Paint, Windows Writer, Notepad, Calculator, and
a calendar, card file, and clock to help you manage day-to-day activities.

On December 9, 1987 Microsoft releases Windows2.0 with

desktop icons and expanded memory.
And now Microsoft is the multimillionaire enterprise that we know
today

Sources
http://
windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/history#T1=era
0
http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/?
category=cmptr
http://www.cbi.umn.edu/about/babbage.html
http://
www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Hardware_Software/Fi
veGenerations.asp

Thank You