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Criterion A - Research and Analyze:
1. What technology did you choose to research?

2. What prior knowledge did you have on this topic?

3. What was the first form of this technology? And what year was it created? If your technology was created after the 1700s, you will need to figure out what was used before your technology was created. (ex. Telephones replaced telegrams and smoke signals; light bulb replaced candles and oil lamps)

4. List each of the changes that this technology has gone through and what years they were introduced. You must have at least 8 events on your timeline.

5. Where do you think your technology is going in the future? What could be a new form of this technology that might be invented by 2020? (Hint: This is your own opinion and doesn't require research)

6. What reliable sources did you use to get your information?

Using the MYP Rubric, grade yourself on Research and Analysis.

** ERMA and MICR ** || The first bank industry computer - also MICR (magnetic ink character recognition) for reading checks. ||
 * **[|1936]** || Konrad Zuse - ** Z1 Computer ** || First freely programmable computer. ||
 * **[|1942]** || John Atanasoff & Clifford Berry
 * ABC Computer ** || Who was first in the computing biz is not always as easy as ABC. ||
 * **[|1944]** || Howard Aiken & Grace Hopper
 * Harvard Mark I Computer ** || The Harvard Mark 1 computer. ||
 * **[|1946]** || John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly
 * ENIAC 1 Computer ** || 20,000 vacuum tubes later... ||
 * **[|1948]** || Frederic Williams & Tom Kilburn
 * Manchester Baby Computer & The Williams Tube ** || Baby and the Williams Tube turn on the memories. ||
 * **[|1947/48]** || John Bardeen, Walter Brattain & Wiliam Shockley
 * The Transistor ** || No, a transistor is not a computer, but this invention greatly affected the history of computers. ||
 * **[|1951]** || John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly
 * UNIVAC Computer ** || First commercial computer & able to pick presidential winners. ||
 * **[|1953]** || International Business Machines
 * IBM 701 EDPM Computer ** || IBM enters into //'//The History of Computers//'//. ||
 * **[|1954]** || John Backus & IBM
 * FORTRAN Computer Programming Language ** || The first successful high level programming language. ||
 * **[|1955(In Use 1959)]** || Stanford Research Institute, Bank of America, and General Electric
 * **[|1958]** || Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce
 * The Integrated Circuit ** || Otherwise known as 'The Chip' ||
 * **[|1962]** || Steve Russell & MIT
 * Spacewar Computer Game ** || The first computer game invented. ||
 * **[|1964]** || Douglas Engelbart
 * Computer Mouse & Windows ** || Nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end. ||
 * **[|1969]** || ** ARPAnet  ** || The original Internet. ||
 * **[|1970]** || ** Intel 1103 Computer Memory  ** || The world's first available dynamic RAM chip. ||
 * **[|1971]** || Faggin, Hoff & Mazor
 * Intel 4004 Computer Microprocessor ** || The first microprocessor. ||
 * **[|1971]** || Alan Shugart &IBM
 * The "Floppy" Disk ** || Nicknamed the "Floppy" for its flexibility. ||
 * **[|1973]** || Robert Metcalfe & Xerox
 * The Ethernet Computer Networking ** || Networking. ||
 * **[|1974/75]** || ** Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair & IBM 5100 Computers  ** || The first consumer computers. ||
 * **[|1976/77]** || ** Apple I, II & TRS-80 & Commodore Pet Computers  ** || More first consumer computers. ||
 * **[|1978]** || Dan Bricklin & Bob Frankston
 * VisiCalc Spreadsheet Software ** || Any product that pays for itself in two weeks is a surefire winner. ||
 * **[|1979]** || Seymour Rubenstein & Rob Barnaby
 * WordStar Software ** || Word Processors. ||
 * **[|1981]** || IBM
 * The IBM PC - Home Computer ** || From an "Acorn" grows a personal computer revolution ||
 * **[|1981]** || Microsoft
 * MS-DOS Computer Operating System ** || From "Quick And Dirty" comes the operating system of the century. ||
 * **[|1983]** || ** Apple Lisa Computer  ** || The first home computer with a GUI, graphical user interface. ||
 * **[|1984]** || ** Apple Macintosh Computer  ** || The more affordable home computer with a GUI. ||
 * **[|1985]** || ** Microsoft Windows  ** || Microsoft begins the friendly war with Apple. ||