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The oldest known recordings of computer generated music were played by the Ferranti Mark 1 computer. The Mark 1 is a commercial version of the Manchester Mark 1 machine from the University of Manchester. The music program was written by Christopher Strachey. 1951: US EDVAC (electronic discrete variable computer). The first computer to use ...
Glenn A. Beck (background) and Betty Snyder (foreground) program ENIAC in BRL building 328. (U.S. Army photo, c. 1947–1955) ENIAC (/ ˈ ɛ n i æ k /; Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) [1] [2] was the first programmable, electronic, general-purpose digital computer, completed in 1945.
The history of the personal computer as a mass-market consumer electronic device began with the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s. A personal computer is one intended for interactive individual use, as opposed to a mainframe computer where the end user's requests are filtered through operating staff, or a time-sharing system in which one large processor is shared by many individuals.
PC-8000 series: Z80: 1979: RGB Monitor: Cassette, later models with floppy diskettes, Japan NEC: PC-8800 series: Z80: 1981: RGB Monitor: Cassette, later models with floppy diskettes, Several models, also called PC-88 [citation needed] Japan NEC: PC-9800 series: 8086: 1982: RGB Monitor: floppy diskettes, diskettes, CD ROM optional: Several ...
1999: America Online has over 18 million subscribers and is now the biggest internet provider in the country, with higher-than-expected earnings. It acquires MapQuest for $1.1 billion in December.
SpotLife is released for recorded and live video content. [14] 2002 October Technology Adaptive bit rate over HTTP is created by the DVD Forum at the WG1 Special Streaming group. 2003 May Technology The On2 TrueMotion VP6 codec is released. [15] 2004 June Products MindGeek is founded as Too Much Media. Its name is changed to Manwin in 2010, and ...
The oldest gun found in the continental U.S. makes for a great headline, and Seymour has been besieged by media since the paper was published. The superlative attached to the cannon is of course ...
The 4004 was only capable of 60,000 instructions per second, but its successors brought ever-growing speed and power to computers, including the Intel 8008, 8080 (used in many computers using the CP/M operating system), and the 8086/8088 family. (The IBM personal computer (PC) and compatibles use processors that are still backward-compatible ...