Informatics and Computers

With population growth, globalization and the development of capitalism in the twentieth century, new needs arise for humans. The amount of data and information to be computed armazenas and reaches an incalculable volume. The information arises in this context: to overcome the human need to register and manipulate data in large quantities quickly and accurately.

Below is a brief history of the development of information technology and technology related to computing in general (1822 to 1976).

1822 - The English mathematician Charles Babbage designs a mechanical computer, but this never came to pass.

 

1847 - It created the binary system by the English mathematician George Boole.

 

1880 - The American Herman Hollerith creates an electromechanical data processor. The system used punch cards for data entry.

 

1930 - In the United States, the electrician engineer Vannevar Bush develops a computer using radio tubes.

 

1946 - The North American engineers John William Mauchly and John Presper Eckart Jr develop the ENIAC, the first electronic computer. The ENIAC was developed to serve the interests of the US war in World War II. Served to make the calculations in the development of the atomic bomb.

 

1956 - Appears at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) the first computer that uses transistors.

 

1963 - Douglas Engelbart patented the mouse.

 

1964 - Paul Baran, an American researcher, designs and creates the first network of interconnected wired computers.

 

1966 - IBM develops the Ramac 305 using memory disks with 5 mb capacity.

 

1968 - Douglas Engelbart creates a system with mouse, keyboard and windows (windows).

 

1971 - Intel creates the MCS-4, first personal computer with the processor 4004.

 

1972 - Atari company creates the first game with the game Pong.

 

1975 - Develop the Basic language, the first language for microcomputers. Earlier languages were adequate to large and medium-sized computers.

 

1975 - Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft.

 

1976 - Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs design and develop the micro Apple I. In the same year the duo Apple Computer Company.