Computers can be considered one of the most important of all modern
inventions. One can go so far as to say that without the Computer there
would not have been such dramatic technological advances over the years.
What is this computer and how is it so important to us' The computer has
found its way into almost every aspect of human life today. It is used in
the home, in the office, to gather information about outer space even! It
was in 1971 that the company Intel released the world's first
microprocessor. (Computers, from the past to the present: The Altair) This
was in reality an integrated circuit that was able to process small bits of
data at a time. This system was so practically useful that the common man
could now dream of actually owning a computer for his own use, rather than
assuming that only the military and other such departments were permitted
The famous Bill Gates and Paul Allen developed the first BASIC
compiler and sold it to the company called MITS. It was from this that
Microsoft was born. BASIC, in other words, is Beginner's All-Purpose
Symbolic Instruction Code. It was meant of provide computer scientists with
an easier method of developing code and programs with interactive
properties. Soon others started to develop computer languages and in
addition to Basic, Fortran, Cobol, Pascal, and C were developed. Now it was
time for the manufacture of personal computers or PCs. Apple released the
Mackintosh that boasted of a GUI or Graphical User Interface, and a mouse.
IBM released the 286-AT that soon became a hot favorite of business
concerns because of its facility with applications like Lotus1-2-3, and the
The personal computer of today allows users easy access to
applications like word processors for creating text, graphic ut...