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| key words | remark |
| acorn | PC brand |
| adam coleco | PC brand |
| adding machine, who invented the | Pascal was one of the first to percieve and construct an adding machine, also Schickard made an early form of an adding machineThough one of the first occurences of such a device is the Abacus, this contraption does not have the properties of a machine however. |
| alan turing | Wartime genius in mathematics to crack the German Enigma code |
| albert einstein | Postwar genius in mathematics, physics and many more sciences. Defined the theory of relativity |
| analog computer, 1st analog computer; | no specific data see the Heathkit EC1 as an example |
| Analytical engine | A never finished design by Charles Babbage, see timeline 1834 |
| dr john v atanasoff | inventor of the first binary electronic computer, see also the Harvard MARK I |
| atm | Automatic Teller Machine |
| Anton Pillar order | Australian law: |
| babbage, charles babbage timeline / biography | Originator of the computer we have now |
| basic | programming language |
| batch mode operating system | processing of data by collecting first and sending it in batches to be processed by a computerprogram |
| binac, one of the first binary computers | |
| blog, blogging, history of blogging | diary on the web:web logging |
| boole laws of thought | A way to work with logic. example: It is red AND a color. A car can be driven by you OR your friend etc etc. |
| cadds | no explanation |
| cathode ray tube | A television tube |
| characteristics of the pascaline | see Pascaline |
| claude shannon | invented binary logic |
| cobol | programming language |
| communications between remote devices | see modem |
| computer generations, 1st generation | see generations |
| computers from 1950 to 2003 | see timeline |
| created punch card system | see punch cards |
| creation of file | too generic |
| crt | tube |
| ctrl alt del | reset PC |
| ctrl alt delete | reset PC |
| data management | how to cope with billiards of records in an systematic way |
| data management functions | too generic |
| dbms | database managment system |
| electrologica | on of the first computer manufacturers in the Netherlands, bought by Philips |
| eniac computer | one of the first fully electronic computers |
| eniac computer history | |
| enigma, inigma | coding machine invented by Polish and used by the German
during WWII (1938 - 1945) references: |
| expert system, structure of | a systematic (computer)system which you can query to get an answer as if it came from an expert in a particular field |
| fat | File Allocation Table, a table of contents for (hard) disks |
| file system | method of how to store files on a data medium |
| file, invention of file | no specific data available |
| files | binary document |
| files, creation of files | By creating any conbination of characters and or symbols collected in an unique identifiable 'something' (often called an object) and saved on a medium like a CD Rom or hard disk is a file. Like an image, a piece of mp3 music, a document or anything that can be put together and be saved on a disk. |
| first disk | who invented this |
| first hard disk | who invented this |
| fortran | programming language |
| generation, first generation of computers were mechanical calculators, 1st generation computers | generally historians / scientists devide the entire spectrum of computers in history into 3 or 4 generations |
| grace hopper | one of the first women in computing making a difference in development of programminglanguages |
| graphic images | wire images, pictures on a screen |
| graphic images geometrical shapes | wire images, pictures on a screen |
| graphic images where each pixel is bit mapped and take up more memory | images on a screen, non vector |
| history of expert system | see expert system |
| history of the binary code (2, 3, 4, 5,) | |
| invention of the first airplane | see timeline |
| john w and presper | leading the creation of the eniac |
| joystick | a device use by playing games or simulations, like flying
a plane. Usualy in the form of a handle mounted on a fixed base and equiped with buttons to fire, steering, and other handling usaly required in computer games |
| jsp | java service page, a web based technology |
| l 40 sx | what's this? |
| l40sx | what's this? |
| maloy robert w | no bio |
| mechanical adding machine | the first types of calculators, first computer generation |
| mini os | operating system e.g. knoppix - a mini linux stripped down of all superfluous functionality |
| mouse | history on the computer mouse |
| object oriented version of c programming language | see programming languages. an example is: c++ |
| original mechanical counting device | the first types of calculators, first computer generation |
| os, mini |
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| parallel operating systems, parallel systems | Often found in supercomputers. These systems perform tasks in a parallel way, different tasks at the same time. See also Operating Systems |
| parc | rank xerox research laboratory in Palo Alto (USA) |
| pascal language, history of pascal language | programming language named after Blaise Pascal |
| pascaline | Blaise Pascal's calculator |
| pat hanratty | who is he/she? |
| Pillar or Pilar order | see Anton Pillar |
| pre historic technology | before technology existed? |
| pre industrial era | one of our own chapters in the development of computing |
| punch card system | an early form of storing data, in this case on a paper card |
| router | who invented the router? |
| scsi ide cards | small computers systems interface, one of the interface standards usesd in our hardware |
| sql | standard query language, often used in connection with database programming |
| sql; explanation of sql | standard query language, often used in connection with database programming |
| structure of expert system | expert system is a digital equivalent of a human expert, in any filed of knowledge |
| universal serial bus | usb |
| watson | first director general of the new IBM; no bio |
| who invented mechanical adding machine | Pascal was one of the first to percieve such an idea, also Schickard |
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