Altair 8800

The richest person in the world is a title coveted by all due to the extreme wealth, recognition and the sphere of influence that accompanies it, but can only be held by one- Bill Gates. It is a renowned name known from here in the United States all the way to Australia that will be forever embedded in history. Born William Henry Gates III on October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington, the sixty year old phenomenon is still living and is revered globally for his revolutionary contributions to the…

Question no: 1 Explain and differentiate between software, hardware and firmware: Software: Software is a set of programs that are executed in hardware. Moreover, software is a set of hardware instructions and their representations, which we call programs. The American heritage dictionary defines software as: “Written or printed data such as programs, routines and symbolic languages, essential to the operation of computers.” Software is anything that controls hardware. Software does not exist…

Title: When Women Into The So-Call “Men's Domain” Introduction In 1970s, with the rise of second wave feminist movement, many women have into the so-call men’s domain. They have no longer follow the patriarchy, and they started to do something that only men would do before. They started to fight for their right and fight for the gender equal. However, when women really get into the men’s jobs and domain especially in computing technology, how were they going to be? What would happen to them?…

Smart Phones Timeline: 1930s Proof that boolean logic was possible was found in George Stibitz 's invention of his "Model K" Adder. He utilized Bell Company 's telephone relays in order to create a basic calulator devise in the year 1937. Two years later, Hewlett-Packard was founded by David Packard and Bill Hewlett in their garage. Their first business expedition within HP was sound-testing equipment. [1] Timeline: 1940s In 1940, George Stibitz makes history again with his…

He is the richest man in the world, created a program that monitored traffic, and created microsoft; yep Bill Gates. Bill Gates was born William Henry Gates III on October 28, 1955, in Seattle, Washington. He began to show a great passion with computers at the age of 13 at the Lakeside School (Not the one you all hate). He followed said passion throughout his college years. He started in the beginning with his acquaintance and business partner Paul Allen, Gates had found himself at exactly…

Computers have not been along very long at all when compared to the history of man. There has been a huge amount of technological development and expansion over the last 50 years. One major component of this technology is the personal computer. There are a few companies that played a major role in getting the personal computer to where it is today and it is hard to imagine a world in which everyone doesn’t have a smart phone in their pocket and a laptop in their backpack. This high volume of…

Technology has helped humans attain various prestigious accomplishments. It helped us land on the moon, improve our standard of living and made the world more connected. Technology has made our lives easier, but as technology increases, we start to abuse it. Our perception of technology is changing rapidly. As technology is becoming more social, invasive, and dangerous, humans are becoming sluggish, idiotic and dependent. Currently, most software and websites are solely created, so…

The essay I am here to write is a synopsis of the documentary entitled “Triumph of the Nerds”. Which is about the history and development of the Personal Computer, along with the lives of the people he helped give birth to this new industry? This finally put into the hands of normal people the power of the digital computer to better humankind. The computer industry started in the minds of the hobbyist who world was electronics, the world of 1960’s counterculture and intellectualism of this new…

Gates licensed MS-DOS to IBM, which it had acquired from a local computer manufacturer. The story of how Microsoft acquired the original system (QDOS) has inspired much folklore, which often portrays Gates pouncing on a trivial mistake by Digital Research and stealing that company's lead in microcomputer operating systems. It is frequently cited by those who accuse Gates of unethical business practices. In reality, IBM did approach Digital Research for a version of CP/M for its upcoming IBM PC,…

Operating Systems launched the PC revolution. Without an operating system the computer would have been nothing more than the Altair 8800, a kit computer for hobbyist. The operating systems has grown from things like UNIX, Mac System Software, and DOS. Modern Operating systems are designed to make using a computer easier through a GUI or Graphical User Interface. In the modern world we still see remnants of the old days through Linux shell scripting and power shell. The original operating systems…