Quick look at the history of Computers

Ever wonder how life would be without computers and social networking? Before the 1900s, computer didn't exist and everything (messages, mail and other ways of communications) was dealt with manually. Every time anyone wanted to tell something to someone else they had to write a letter and send it by hand. 

Now all we have to do is log in to a social site and direct message anyone we want from around the world and all it takes is a couple of seconds for them to receive it.

The invention of the computer dates back to 1941. Anything that was considered a computer before that was a calculator. In 1941, a German engineer Konrad Zuse built the first computer that he called "the Z3 computer". It wasn't until 1974, researches at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center designed the first work station with a built-in mouse, it was capable of storing files, it offered icons and menus. They called it "the Alto". In 1977, The Commodore PET (Personal Electronic Transactor) was one of the first personal computers with either 4 or 8 kilobytes of memory, two built in cassette drives, and a keyboard.

Invention of Konrad Zuse

It wasn't until 1988, when Apple co founder Steve Jobs unveiled the NeXT. It was the first personal computer to incorporate a drive for an optical storage drive, a processor that allowed voice recognition. It came with 8 megabytes of RAM, and 256-megabyte of disk storage. This was a huge advancement in technology in that time and we are where we are today with computer technology because of those inventers.

Invention of Apple co founder Steve Jobs

Today we have high tech computers and laptops that are capable of doing almost anything. Almost every computer is super fast, has great graphics and other very good specs (depending how much you spend on a computer or laptop). Some of the many things that amaze me the most about computers is how small they've gotten and how we can have a couple terabytes (1 terabyte= 1000 gigabytes) built in our laptops and we still manage to keep them small.

Example of today's computers

Technology is advancing and the development of better computers could only be getting better and more high tech. Stay tune for more great inventions that changed the world.

Sources: http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/?category=cmptr

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