COMM 3600 Study Guide - Final Guide: Cable Modem Termination System, Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer, Personalization
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Computers & networks: computing history: early computers (book, mechanical counting device based on how railroad conductors punched tickets (the first practical use of a computer , early computers were first called calculators because computers were people who solved math equations, built to count people, calculate artillery firings, forecast weather, general purpose computers emerges at the end of wwii, mits altair 8800 the first practical pc on the market. Used an intel chip and software designed by microsoft: a year later, apple demonstrated its first computer which came with a keyboard, the osbourne was the first laptop, personal computers: definition, how they differ from previous computers, definition: general purpose computers for use by individuals, intended to be operated directly but the end user with no computer operator, early computers called calculators, pc history from class lecture: what each pc contributed, statistics on computer ownership and use today.
