The

The Electronic Age

Electronic
Age
ELECTRONIC AGE (1930-1980)
 The invention of the transistor ushered in
the electronic age. People harnessed the
power of transistors that led to the
transistor radio, electronic circuits, and
the early computers.
In this age, long distance
communication became more
efficient.
Electronic age began when
electronic equipment, including
computers came into use.
Is also known as the Computer
Age
 Electronic
equipment began
 The first generation of digital computers
were built around the first generation of
automatic electrical switch, the
electromagnetic relay. Whereas the relay was
an electromechanical device, this new class of
digital switches was electronic – founded on
the new science of the electron, a science
born around the turn of the twentieth
century.
Computer Timeline
1945
The computer age begins with the debut of
ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and
Calculator). It is the first multipurpose computer.
 1975The MITS Altair- The Altair 8800 is a
microcomputer designed in 1974 by MITS and based
on the Intel 8080 CPU. Interest grew quickly after it
was featured on the cover of the January 1975 issue
of Popular Electronics, and was sold by mail order
through advertisements there, in Radio-Electronics,
and in other hobbyist magazines.
 PCBuilding kit-
 have everything you need to build your
own high-performance computer with
confidence.
BillGates and Paul Allen
establish Microsoft.
Bill Gates Paul Allen
1976Steven Jobs and Stephen
Wozniak start Apple Computer.
1977Apple Computer introduces
the Apple II computer.
The Apple II series is a family of home
computers, one of the first highly
successful mass-produced
microcomputer products,[1] designed
primarily by Steve Wozniak,
manufactured by Apple Computer (now
Apple Inc.), and launched in 1977 with
the original Apple II.
In terms of ease of use,
features, and expandability,
the Apple II was a major
advancement over its
predecessor, the Apple I, a
limited-production bare circuit
board computer for electronics
hobbyists.
1978
Floppy disks replace older data
cassettes.
also known as a floppy, diskette,
or simply disk, is a type
of disk storage composed of a
disk of thin and flexible
magnetic storage medium,
sealed in a rectangular plastic
enclosure lined with fabric that
removes dust particles.
1981 IBM or International
business Machines introduces a
complete desktop PC.
When the IBM Personal
Computer (IBM 5150) was
introduced to the world 25
years ago, it was dramatically
clear to most observers that
IBM had done something very
new and different.
Here you had a large company,
steeped in tradition, that had been
willing and able to set aside its
"business as usual" methods to
produce in volume a highly
competitive, tiny computer of top
quality, intended for both
consumers and businesses. And IBM
was able to do all that and roll out
its first PC in just one year.
 1983TIME magazine names the PC “Man of the Year”
 1984The user-friendly Apple Macintosh goes on sale

 branded simply as Mac since 1998) is a family

of personal computers designed, manufactured and
sold by Apple Inc. since January 1984.
1985Microsoft launches
Windows.

The OS had been codenamed “Interface

Manager“ but was finally dubbed “Windows“
to describe the computing window boxes that
popped up on the user's screen. Drop-down
menus, scroll bars, icons, and dialog boxes
made programs easy to learn and use.
Windows 1.0 shipped with
several programs, including
MS DOS file management,
Paint, Windows Writer,
Notepad, Calculator,
Calendar, Card File, a clock,
and the game Reverse.
MS-DOS file management. Windows writer

Card File
 1992The Apple PowerBook and IBM ThinkPad
debut
is one of the most iconic notebook families
around.
1996Palm releases the Palm Pilot, a
hand-held computer also called a
“personal digital assistant.”
1997The term "weblog" is coined. It's
later shortened to "blog.“
Aweblog, sometimes written
as web log or Weblog, is a
Web site that consists of a
series of entries arranged in
reverse chronological order,
often updated on frequently
with new information about
particular topics.
1998Google opens its first
office, in
 1999College student Shawn Fanning invents
Napster, a computer application that allows
users to swap music over the Internet. "E-
commerce" becomes the new buzzword as
Internet shopping rapidly spreads.
2000 To the chagrin of the
Internet population, deviant
computer programmers begin
designing and circulating viruses
with greater frequency. "Love
Bug" and "Stages" are two
examples of self-replicating
viruses that send themselves to
people listed in a computer user's
email address book.
2001Wikipedia is created.
Apple introduces the iPod.
 2003- MySpace.com is launched.
 MySpace was founded by several employees
from the Internet marketing firm eUniverse
in August 2003. The core team included Brad
Greenspan, Chris DeWolfe, Josh Berman and
Tom Anderson.
Known for bands' pages,
customizable profiles and a
culture of online stalking,
MySpace was the no. 1 website in
2006 and was valued at $12 billion
in 2007. In 2005, News
Corporation bought MySpace's
parent company for an
unprecedented $580 million.
 2003Spam, unsolicited email, becomes a server-
clogging menace. It accounts for about half of all
emails.
Apple Computer introduces Apple iTunes
Music Store, which allows people to
download songs for 99 cents each.
The iTunes Music Store offers
groundbreaking personal use rights,
including burning songs onto an
unlimited number of CDs for personal
use, listening to songs on an unlimited
number of iPods, playing songs on up to
three Macintosh® computers, and
using songs in any application on the
Mac®, including iPhoto™, iMovie™ and
iDVD™.
“The iTunes Music Store offers the
revolutionary rights to burn an unlimited
number of CDs for personal use and to
put music on an unlimited number of
iPods for on-the-go listening,” said
Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Consumers
don’t want to be treated like criminals
and artists don't want their valuable
work stolen. The iTunes Music Store
offers a groundbreaking solution for
both.”
2004Mark Zuckerberg launches The
facebook at Harvard.
Google introduces Gmail.
 2005YouTube.com is launched. Youtube, a video-
sharing website, goes live.
 Three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley,
Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—created the
service in February 2005.
 2006There are more than 92 million websites online.
Twitter, a website for mini-blogging and social
networking, debuts.
2007Apple releases the iPhone in the
United States.
2010Apple introduces the iPad.
SAN FRANCISCO—January 27,
2010—Apple® today introduced iPad,
a revolutionary device for browsing
the web, reading and sending email,
enjoying photos, watching videos,
listening to music, playing games,
reading e-books and much more.
iPad’s responsive high-
resolution Multi-Touch™
display lets users physically
interact with applications and
content. iPad is just 0.5 inches
thick and weighs just 1.5
pounds— thinner and lighter
than any laptop or netbook
.iPad includes 12 new innovative apps
designed especially for the iPad, and will run
almost all of the over 140,000 apps in the App
Store. iPad will be available in late March
starting at the breakthrough price of just
$499.
 2011Socialnetworking websites such as Twitter and
Facebook help activists organize an uprising in Egypt.
The trend of using social
networking websites to organize
protests and demonstrations
continues throughout 2011 in the
Middle East and North Africa.
Various governments attempt to
shut down social media and
internet access to crackdown on
protest movements throughout
2011 to varying degrees of
success.
During the electronic
age, we can really see
the changes that
technology brought us.
People can live life much
easier and gather
information faster.
THAT’S ALL FOR
THE
ELECTRONIC
AGE.
THANK YOU!
Created by: Group 3
Honevel Balmes
Andrea Sarto
Divina Macanda
Claudette Gonzales
Remuel Magpantay
Frederick De Chavez
Generi Villapando
Jhanmarc Carurucan
Marc Yrol Loria