Computerization of Everyday Life
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Updated: 16 Sep 2018
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Created byCecilie Riber Poulsen
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1982 - Tron - The first movie to use computer animation1982 - The computer was declared "Machine of the Year" by Time magazine1982 - The Commodore 64 was released1980 - Computers were in 15% of elemtary schools and 50% of secondary schools1985 - Computers were in 82% of elemtary schools and 93% of secondary schools1890 - The "Hollerith machine" - Analog, electronic computer for census data calculations1950 - The UNIVAC I - a commercially available digital computerLate 1930s - Konrad Zuse developed a series of computers1944 - Colussus - Code-breaker/Cryptograph1944 - The Mark I - An automatic and electromechanical computer1946 - The ENIAC - First successful electronic computer1949 - The EDSAC - The fist succesful stored program computer - "the dawn of the computer age"1950's The SAGE - An ambitios, multisite, integrated computational system1950's - Project Whirlwind - MIT and IBM computer with real-time technology1958 - The launch of Sputnik1969 - ARPANET - Precursor to the Internet1965 - Government funding supplied roughly half of all computer research and development budgets in the United States1960 - SABRE - The first experimental airline reservation system - built by IBM1960 - First software company goes public1960's - "The software crisis"1979 - VisiCalc - Spreadsheet programEarly 1980's - Affordable computers and useful software packages brought the computer into the home as well1960's - BASIC - An accessible programming language taugt to students1975 - Altair 8800 - The beginning of the minicomputer's appeal to home users1968 - Douglas Englebart presents his On-Line System - including the use of a mouse, networking, and a windowed screen interface1977 - Apple II - First ready-made computer affordable for middle-class familiesPeriods
1941-1943 Z3 (Konrad Zuse) - Performed sophisticated arithmeticThe Cold War - Led to further development of computer technology within government, industry and universities1960's - Computers entering more businesses and corporate applications
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