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    History of Apple Computer

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    History Main article: History of Apple See also: Apple Inc. litigation 1976–1980: The early years The Apple I‚ Apple’s first product. Sold as an assembled circuit board‚ it lacked basic features such as a keyboard‚ monitor‚ and case. The owner of this unit added a keyboard and a wooden case. Apple was established on April 1‚ 1976 by Steve Jobs‚ Steve Wozniak‚ and Ronald Wayne‚[10] to sell the Apple I personal computer kit. They were hand-built by Wozniak[11][12] and first shown to the public

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    History of generations of Computers The computers that you see and use today hasn’t come off by any inventor at one go. Rather it took centuries of rigorous research work to reach the present stage. And scientists are still working hard to make it better and better. But that is a different story. First‚ let us see when the very idea of computing with a machine or device‚ as against the conventional manual calculation‚ was given a shape. Though experiments were going on even earlier

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    The early foundations of what would become computer science predate the invention of the modern digital computer. Machines for calculating fixed numerical tasks‚ such as the abacus‚ have existed since antiquity. Wilhelm Schickard built the first mechanical calculator in 1623.[4] Charles Babbage designed a difference engine in Victorian times (between 1837 and 1901)[5] helped by Ada Lovelace.[6] Around 1900‚ the IBM corporation sold punch-card machines.[7] However‚ all of these machines were constrained

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    Brief History of Computer

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    First programmable computer: The Z1 originally created by Germany’s Konrad Zuse in his parents living room in 1936 to 1938 is considered to be the first electrical binary programmable computer. The first digital computer: Short for Atanasoff-Berry Computer‚ the ABC started being developed by Professor John Vincent Atanasoff and graduate student Cliff Berry in 1937 and continued to be developed until 1942 at the Iowa State College (now Iowa State University). On October 19‚ 1973‚ US Federal Judge

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    1. Briefly summarize your own social history‚ including (at your discretion) your family background‚ significant life experiences‚ special interests‚ achievements‚ etc. From the time I was a little girl‚ family has always been important to me. I love my family dearly‚ and they are extremely important to me. My parents have been married for 32 years and they are still happily married‚ which is something that I strive for in my own life. I have an older brother‚ Josh and a sister-in-law named Jessie

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    MZUZU UNIVERSITY FACULRY OF EDUCATION DERPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TEACHOIING STUDIES Assignment number one. COURSE TITLE : Geography Teaching Methods COURSE CODE : EGM 3501 TASK : a) Briefly define schemata or schema‚ assimilation and accommodation. b) Briefly explain the importance of equilibration and disequilibrium. SUBMITTED BY : FRANCES SIMWINGA REGISTRATION NUMBER : BAE/2A/169/ 10 SUBMITED TO : DR. MGOMEZULU DATE OF SUBMISSION: JULY 07‚ 2013. Jean Piaget is often quoted

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    Briefly discuss in point form ways/methods to classify computers COMPUTER SYSTEMS Computers can be classified as general purpose or special purpose. General-purpose computers are used to perform a variety of applications and the most common in business while special purpose computers are used for specific or limited applications e.g. military or scientific research. Computers can be classified by size or by use Categories of Computer Systems (by size) (i) Microcomputers (ii) Minicomputers

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    A person’s identity is the self of sense they have‚ that can be reflected by the way society‚ peers‚ and the individual sees themselves. Class‚ ethnicity‚ age‚ religion‚ and gender are very much parts of our identity. Our gender‚ which is based on the socio-cultural expectations of males and females being associated with masculinity and femininity‚ affects how we behave and how we view things. Traditional gender roles mean that a female must be feminine‚ and a male must be masculine. Agents of socialisation

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    “The Computer” It’s History and Spot in American Society “The Computer” It’s History and Spot in American Society It is not very often that a new invention comes about and touches every aspect of our lives. Such a device that changes the way we work‚ live‚ and play is a special one‚ indeed. A machine that has done all this and more now exists in nearly every business in the U.S. and in one out of every two households. This incredible invention is the computer. The electronic

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    AMA Computer University -HISTORY Historical Highlights With 13 computers and 13 students in a rented tenement in Mandaluyong in 1980‚ the AMA Education System has now grown into the biggest network of campuses in Asia. At present‚ it has more than 100 branches in the Philippines and abroad. It has an annual student population of 150‚000. And it has produced almost 200‚000 highly competent computer professionals employed by various companies worldwide. The AMAES started as an Institute of

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