"Early Computers | 1930s - 1980s AD"

What is an abacus?
The first computer that was ever created.



1936,  Zuse invented this type of computer?
He created the first programmable computerPost a photo of the 1944 Mark Computer.


In 1944, Aiken and Hopper designed the Mark Series of computers to be used for what?
They were mend to be used for gunnery and ballistic calculations.Post a photo of the UNIVAC Computer.



In 1951, Eckert and Mauchly designed the first commercial computer for whom? 
The census bureau


What does UNIVAC stand for?
Universal Automatic Computer



In 1953, IBM enters the scene. What does IBM stand for?
International Business Machine

What is FORTRAN?
The first successful high level programming language.


Post a photo of the first mouse.
In 1964, how did Engelbart change the way computers worked?
He made them so that they are more user-friendly.

What is the significance of ARPnet?
It was the first internet.

In 1971, Intel introduced this? 

They introduced the first single chip microprocessor.
Post a photo of it.

In the same year, IBM introduced this? Post a photo of one.
They introduced the first floppy disk.

In 1973, Metcalf and Xerox created this?
The first ethernet computer network.

During the next several years, the first consumer computers were marketed. 

The scelbi mark-8, Altiar, Apple l, Apple ll, TRS-80, Commodore PET.
Post photos of the Altair, Apple I, Apple II, TRS-80, Commodore PET. Label each.

In 1981, Bill Gates and Microsoft introduced this package?
The MS-DOS computer operating system which was packages with the IBM PCPost a photo of the Lisa computer.

In 1983, who introduced the Lisa computer?
Apple


What is GUI?GUI stands for graphical use interface, it is a interface that is the make up of a computer.

Post a photo of the computer mentioned below.


In 1984, a more affordable home computer was introduced. Name the computer and the company that marketed it? The computer was called the Apple Macintosh Computer and it was made by Apple

The commercial only ran one time. When?
The commercial was aired during the super bowl.

In response to the Apple GUI, Gates and Microsoft introduced this?
They introduced the Windows Operating System.

Two men are known for their development of the Apple I computer. Who are they?
Steven Wozniak and Steve Jobs

When was the internet that we know, world wide web, developed and introduced?
It was developed in the 1950's

Over the years, Apple has included "easter eggs" within their software. What is an "easter egg"?
A hidden object that is not told about ad left to be found.

Search for easter eggs in Photoshop and Illustrator. List a few in this post ... and try to find them in the applications.
The belching cat in CS4Seagull and Crate
Merlin
Where do you think computers will take us in the next 10 years?
They will be even more portable than now and have functions that would have never been thought to happen.