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Post #7 - History of Computers

 

In today’s day and age no one can seem to live without their smart phone or computer. We have been beyond spoiled by the advancements of technology. We easily have a working computer at our fingertips all hours of the day. There are so many different options when shopping for a new phone, tablet, laptop or even a PC. It can be confusing know which type of computer to go with that will suit your needs. Do you need something that costs a little more or something that costs less?

To think that computer came into existence in 1937 blows my mind. Although the early day computers were super simple in functionality only having a switch that was essentially on and off is crazy. Not to mention the size of a computer in the early 1900’s took up an entire room.

By the 1940’s engineers learned about Moore’s Law which allowed them to shrink computers into smaller spaces. Year over year computer got smaller and smaller then by 1970 a computer was able to fit in a singular device. From there computers continued to shrink more and more.  Roll into the 1980s-1990s and schools now had computer available for their students to utilize. These computers were much bigger than the ones we use today but they were able to allow students to access the web via dial up and type school papers.

Why do we rely so heavily on computers for our every day lives? When I think of this question I instantly say, “Work smarter not harder.” Computers have come into our lives and have simplified so many things for us. We have computers at our fingertips when we are out and about. Rewind 20 years ago and the technology has advanced so much.

 

 

References

 

https://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/computers/

Vahid, F., & Lysecky, S. (2019). Computing technology for all. zyBooks.

 

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