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Notable People in the Advancement of Computer Technology

Notable People in the Advancement of Computer Technology. The Vacuum Tube was an important step in the advancement of computers. The first computers were powered by vacuum tubes. . We can thank Thomas Edison for this invention in 1883. .

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Notable People in the Advancement of Computer Technology

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  1. Notable People in the Advancement of Computer Technology

  2. The Vacuum Tube was an important step in the advancement of computers. The first computers were powered by vacuum tubes. We can thank Thomas Edison for this invention in 1883.

  3. In 1868, Christopher Sholes invented the 1st typewriter and QWERTY keyboard we still use today.

  4. Chester Carlson invented the xerographic process that is the basis for our laser printers today. Here he is in 1938 with the first Xerox machine!

  5. The transistor paved the way for computers to be smaller and more complex. Invented in 1947, by a team of physicists for Bell Labs, the transistor replaced the vacuum tube.

  6. Invented the 1st Compact Disc in 1965

  7. The DRAM chip was invented by Robert Dennard in 1968. It is the main memory component in your computer.

  8. In 1971, Nolan Bushnell developed the Atari along with Ted Dabney. The first Atari game Pong was released in 1972. He is also the founding father of Chuck E. Cheese!

  9. "Remember," Bushnell says, "I didn't invent the video game. I just commercialized them."

  10. On April Fool’s Day in 1976, these two young STEVEs, released their 1st Apple computer. Is this a computer? 

  11. The two STEVEs today. ~ And ~ The latest and greatest Apple computer – the Ipad! Steve Wozniak Steve Jobs $45 million Ipad – released 2010 $3.4 billion $500 I wonder what these guys are worth today?

  12. Microsoft operating systems monopolize the personal computer industry at an estimated 90%. In 1975, Bill Gates and Paul Allen created a partnership called Micro-soft.

  13. BILL GATES #2 Wealthiest Person = $53 billion Stepped down from day-to-day duties at Microsoft in 2008 to focus on philanthropy. Since 2000, Gates has given over $29 billion to charity.

  14. PAUL ALLEN #37 Wealthiest Person = $13.5 billion Founder and chairman of Vulcan Inc. and chairman of Charter Communications. After his diagnosis with cancer in 1983, he began to distance himself from Microsoft.

  15. There are many more notable people in the advancement of computer technology. Who did I forget?

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