ICT 202 Lecture 11: Computing Terms
5 Feb 2019
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At the time, computer interfaces are designed for and by a specialized group. All interaction was either physical or text. Machine interaction becomes a field of study. Doug engelbart invents mouse, uses it in conjunction with one of the first gui"s (1964) Not the first interactive tool, but one that stuck around. Computers had been around for 20 years before the first microprocessor was developed at intel. A microprocessor (up) is a computer that is fabricated on an integrated circuit (ic) The micro in the name microprocessor refers to the physical size. Intel didn"t invent the electronic computer, but they were the first to succeed in cramming an entire computer on a single chip (ic) The microelectronics revolution is what allowed the amount of hand-crafted wiring seen in the prior photo to be mass-produced as an integrated circuit which is a small sliver of silicon the size of your thumbnail. Integrated circuits and microprocessors allowed computers to be faster.
