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The First Computer Virus: A New Era of Digital Threats Begins. Published 3 weeks ago by David Beren. In 2024, the idea of a computer virus is nothing new, as these computer threats are, unfortunately, common enough. When […]
Travel Back to the 80s with the Computers That Ruled the Decade
3 天之前 · A titan in speed, technology, design, and storage, the computer was created in just a couple of months. With 64K of RAM and 16K of switchable ROM, the Commodore 64 (or C64) went on to sell around 20 million units by 1992. It was the best-selling computer model of all time and undoubtedly one of the best 80s computers.
Meet the World's First Personal Computer - History-Computer
2024年10月12日 · The Kenbak-1. While we can argue all day about the first personal computer to hit the market, the answer isn’t what you expect. Introduced in 1971, the Kenbak-1 is the first real personal computer to hit the market. Now, it wasn’t produced in great numbers, nor was it inexpensive. However, it beat machines like the Altair to the punch when ...
19th century - History-Computer
2024年4月19日 · The Conquering of the World — 19th century. More than two centuries elapsed between the introduction of the first mechanical calculator (Schickard’s Rechenuhr of 1623) and the first large-scale and low-cost production machine (Thomas de Colmar’s Arithmometer, produced in series from 1850s).The reasons for such a delay (by the way, much longer than that of other industrial superstars as ...
The Lasting Effects of the Dot-com Bubble - History-Computer
3 天之前 · When talking about the Dotcom Bubble, we’re referring to the meteoric rise of many internet-based companies out of Silicon Valley in the 1990s. If you’re looking for the original startup cultures, this is it. Companies were founded and experienced massive growth and fortune seemingly overnight. Companies like eBay, Amazon, and Netflix are ...
The History of Charles Babbage & The First Digital Computer
2023年8月25日 · Charles Babbage is credited for designing and giving birth to the idea of the first automatic digital computer. During the mid-1830’s, Charles developed plans for a Analytical Engine. Although, it wasn’t competed during his lifetime, Babbage’s plans made way for the basic elements of the present-day, modern computer.
John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry - History-Computer
2023年7月28日 · The ABC of John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry. Working on his doctoral thesis in theoretical physics at the University of Wisconsin in 1929, the young John Vincent Atanasoff (see biography of John Atanasoff) the first time met a serious computational problem, being forced to perform complex calculations, using computing tools like slide rule and ...
Computer Mouse: Complete History
2 天之前 · Douglas Engelbart conceived the first computer mouse in the early 1960s. At the time, he was the director of the Augmentation Research Center (ARC) at Stanford Research Institute (SRI) in Menlo Park, California. The mouse was just a tiny piece of a much larger project started in 1962 to augment human intellect.
Nystrom - History-Computer
2023年7月25日 · Nystrom’s Calculator. In late 1840s the young swedish immigrant , John William Nystrom, who lived in Philadelphia, invented a calculating device, which was presented and received a First Premium at the Franklin Institute Exhibition in 1849. Later Nystrom received a patent for his calculating machine (US patent №7961, March 4, 1851). In an article of Scientific American the device was ...
Wilhelm Schickard and the Rotating Clock (Complete History)
2024年4月16日 · Wilhelm Schickard. Wilhelm Schickard (see biography of Schickard) was born in the small south German town Herrenberg (near Tübingen) and educated in the Protestant theological seminary Tübinger Stift in Tübingen. He received his bachelor’s degree in 1609 and master’s degree in theology in 1611. In 1613 he became a Lutheran minister ...