Midterms

• Importance of ICT: communication, education, business, and entertainment
• abacus was invented in the year 3000 B.C.
• abacus - one of the earliest calculating devices, used beads on rods to perform arithmetic calculations.
• Slide rule was invented in the 17th century
• slide rule was developed by john napier and william oughtred
• ENIAC: The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
• ENIAC - world's first general-purpose electronic computer. Used vacuum tubes for computation
• UNIVAC - Universal Automatic Computer - First computer to be used in a business setting.
• IBM PC was invented in 1981
• IBM PC - set the the standard for modern PC. Its open architecture allowed hardware and software compatibility, leading the growth of PC industry
• Apple Macintosh was invented in 1984
• macintosh introduced the graphical user interface (GUI)
• MS-DOS was invented in 1981
• MS-DOS - Microsoft Disk Operating System; became the foundation for Microsoft's success in the PC market
• Windows was invented in 1985
• Macintosh introduced the mouse
• Microsoft Windows brought a GUI to DOS-beased systems, revolutionizing the user experience
• MacOS was invented in 2001
• MacOS is a Unix-based operating system known for its stability and user-friendly interface.
• ARPANET was invented in 1969
• ARPANET - Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
• World Wide Web was invented in 1989
• ARPANET - precursor to the internet, designed for military and academic purposes
• World Wide Web - revolutionized information access and sharing, laying the foundation for the modern internet
• World Wide Web was invented by Tim Berners-Lee