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1,809 words... ly met with Atanasoff and Berry, he used the ABC as the basis for the next computer development. From this association ultimately would come a lawsuit, considering attempts to get patents for a commercial version of the machine that Mauchly built. The suit was finally decided in 1974, when it was decided that Atanasoff had been the true developer of the ideas required to make an electronic digital computer actually work, although some computer historians dispute this decision. But during the...
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2,472 wordsComputers in our World In the 1950 s, computers were a new race of machines and most common person did not know anything about them. Today, computers and new Innovation like the internet has changed the business world and even our daily lives. How did it change the business world and our own personal lives and is it for the best, thats what will be discussed in this report. Contents Summary 1 Introduction 3 When were computers invented Brief history of computers 4 First computer invented 4 Immed...
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Punched Card Machines Large Scale Integration
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World War Ii Electronic Mail
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580 wordsSociety is on the precipice of a digital revolution; Pentium and PalmPilot will replace pen and paper in the coming decades. In 1981 Bill Gates said, 640 K of memory should be plenty for anyone. What he didn t know then was, number one, he would be the wealthiest man in the world ten years from then, and number two, the technology he was using would double in speed and power every month for the next two decades resulting in a technological revolution which is unmatched by any. The effects of thi...
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Large Scale Integration Electronic Digital Computer
3,222 wordsHISTORY OF COMPUTERS Historically, the most important early computing instrument is the abacus, which has been known and widely used for more than 2, 000 years. Another computing instrument, the astrolabe, was also in use about 2, 000 years ago for navigation. Blaise Pascal is widely credited with building the first digital calculating machine in 1642. It performed only additions of numbers entered by means of dials and was intended to help Pascals father, who was a tax collector. In 1671, Gottf...
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Fastest Growing Telecommunications Sector
1,362 wordsJoe Koppel/Com 200 Computer Jobs will be Plentiful in the Twenty-first Century Only once in a lifetime will a new invention come along to touch every aspect of our lives. A machine that has done all of this and more now exists in nearly every business in the US and one out of every two households. This incredible invention is of course the computer! ? How many people use computers either at home or at work? Computers have been around us for longer than most of us think. The electronic computer h...
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2,548 wordsHistory of the Computer Industry in America America and the Computer Industry Only once in a lifetime will a new invention come about to touch every aspect of our lives. Such a device that changes the way we work, live, and play is a special one, indeed. A machine that has done all this and more now exists in nearly every business in the U. S. and one out of every two households (Hall, 156). This incredible invention is the computer. The electronic computer has been around for over a half-centur...
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World War Ii Read Only Memory
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York Stock Exchange Sole Proprietorship
1,836 wordsA corporation is a business that, although owned by one or more investors, legally has the rights and duties of an individual. Corporations have the right to buy, sell, and own property. Corporations may make legal contracts, hire and fire workers, set prices, and be sued, fined, and taxed. A business must obtain a charter of incorporation from a state legislature or Congress to be legally recognized as a corporation. (Watson, p 211) While corporations didnt exist until the mid to late 1800 s, t...
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