"Early Computers | 1930s - 1980s AD"

What is an abacus?  Known as the first computer and it was able to perform math problems.

In 1936,  Zuse invented this type of computer?  Programmable computer

Post a photo of the 1944 Mark Computer.
 

In 1944, Aiken and Hopper designed the Mark Series of computers to be used for what?   The navy 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 Machines  

What is FORTRAN?   First successful high level programming language; IBM mathematical formal translating system  

Post a photo of the first mouse.
 
In 1964, how did Engelbart change the way computers worked?   He made a user friendly tool, or the mouse.  

What is the significance of ARPnet?    The first internet and it was created to develop a flow of of information between military installations by creating a network of geographically separated computers.  

In 1971, Intel introduced this?  First single chip microprocessor. Post a photo of it.
 


In the same year, IBM introduced this?  First memory disk. Post a photo of one.
 


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

During the next several years, the first consumer computers were marketed. Post photos of the Altair, Apple I, Apple II, TRS-80, Commodore PET. Label each.

Altair

Apple I

Apple II

TRS- 80

Commodore Pet

In 1981, Bill Gates and Microsoft introduced this package?   MS-DOS computer or PCPost 
Post a photo of the Lisa computer.
 
In 1983, who introduced the Lisa computer?  Apple

What is GUI?   Graphical User InterfacePost a photo of the computer mentioned below. 
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?   Apple Macintosh Computer; Apple Co.  

The commercial only ran one time. When?   During the 1984 superbowl 

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

Two men are known for their development of the Apple I computer. Who are they?  Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak created the Apple I computer; they are highly successful businessmen and inventors of computers.

When was the internet that we know, world wide web, developed and introduced? The idea of the internet came up in the 1960s but did not really turn into what is know as the world wide web until the 1990s.

Over the years, Apple has included "easter eggs" within their software. What is an "easter egg"?  They are hidden messages or jokes in a movie, video game, computer program , web page, etc.

Search for easter eggs in Photoshop and Illustrator. List a few in this post ... and try to find them in the applications.  Photoshop CS2's Space Monkey, Illustrator's Birthday Cake, The Real Photoshop Wizard, and more.

Where do you think computers will take us in the next 10 years?  Technology has transformed a lot over the past twenty years. New inventions are made to do so many things. Computers can pull up basically anything now, but in my opinion, I don't think that the will change a lot of the next ten years. Of course, they will change and do something that they could not perform before, but I do not think they will change as much as every thinks that they will.