The World is a Better Place because of the Computer Chip It aided in the development of the of the first binary computer, the first computer with refreshing memory, the first computer with stored memory, the first computer with real-time graphics processing, the first IBM commercial computer. The technological component that made these things possible is the computer chip. The computer chip has made a significant advance on the technology of today's society. ... In my opinion the computer chip has been the facilitator of hard work. Making some of the worlds most complex gadgets user frie...

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However, computers have not always been this way. ... Then in 1964, IBM spent $1 billion dollars in research to release the System/360 series of computers, which was the first computer system to be compatible with each other. ... This gave the user of the computer a program to help them run their system, but the CP/M was not guaranteed for files to be compatible to be shared with other computers. So, Apple answered with the first floppy disk drive in 1978, which allowed users to store data on something that wasn't cumbersome and unreliable like the punch cards and tape cassettes of ...

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Computers: Invention of the Century The History of Computers Only once in a lifetime will a new invention come about to touch every aspect of our lives. ... This incredible invention is the computer. ... When these beads are moved along the wire according to programming rules that the user must memorize. ... Together they had formed the Mauchley-Eckert Computer Corporation, America's first computer company in the 1940s. ... Eventually they built a working UNIVAC computer. ...

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This incredible invention is the computer. ... When these beads are moved along the wire according to programming rules that the user must memorize. ... Together they had formed the Mauchley-Eckert Computer Corporation, America's first computer company in the 1940s. ... Eventually they built a working UNIVAC computer. ... During this time the major computer manufacturers beg...

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This incredible invention is the computer. ... When these beads are moved along the wire according to programming rules that the user must memorize. ... Together they had formed the Mauchley-Eckert Computer Corporation, America's first computer company in the 1940s. ... Eventually they built a working UNIVAC computer. ... During this time the major computer manufacturers beg...

• Word Count: 2566
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate