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SocialScience.60-62.Chen
SocialScience.60-62.Chen
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Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) created:
successful minicomputers that were used heavily in universities
small yet successful minicomputers, like PDP-8
large, clunky "minicomputers" that were extremely inefficient
a successful minicomputer with cost-effective timesharing
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more of who are notable figures...because they're notable:
Steve Wozniak, architect of Apple II computer
William Shanks, creator of TCP/IP, protocol which internet runs on
Douglass Englebart, invented the computer mouse
Robert Owen, created ARPANET, what runs the present day internet
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networks used include:
NSFNET
BITNET
ALOHAnet
ARPANET
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the creation of the microprocessor allowed for computers to "be on a chip" and be relatively small + inexpensive.
False
True
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which of the following are notable figures?
Barbara Hartshed, invented the first wireless computer
John McCarthy, created Lisp programming language
Daniel Bricklin, co-created VisiCalc first computerized spreadsheet program
Nikolaus Otto, created Smalltalk programming language
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Xerox PARC__.
made it so that PCs dominated the personal computer industry
was successful in utilizing the Intel hardware and Microsoft software
failed to market its technology in a widespread market
pioneered many modern computing concepts
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Types of interactive computing:
SABRE
Project Whirlwind
SAGE
SATURN
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timesharing included the assumption that computers are fast and people are slow.
False
True
