electronic age Flashcards
The invention of the transistor ushered in the
electronic age (1930s-1980s)
People harnessed the power of transistors that led to the transistor radio, electronic circuits, and the early computers.
electronic age (1930s-1980s)
In this age, long distance communication became more efficient
electronic age (1930s-1980s)
year of electronic age
1930s-1980s
is a small portable radio receiver that uses transistor- based circuitry.
transistor radio
transistor radio development in
1954
year of the invention of the transistor
1947
they became the most popular electronic communication device in history, with billions manufactured during the 1960s and 1970s.
transistor
is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting moving images in monochrome (black and white), or in colour, and in two or three dimensions and sound.
television (tv)
example of large electronic computer
digital electronic computer
is a computer machine which is both an electronic computer and a digital computer.
digital electronic computer
who delivered its first computer, UNIVAC I,
remington rand
on what date Remington Rand delivered its first computer, UNIVAC I, to the U.S. Census Bureau.
june 14, 1951
It weighed 16,000 pounds, used 5,000 vacuum tubes, and could perform about 1,000 calculations per second
UNIVAC I
are computers used primarily by large organizations for critical applications; bulk data processing, such as census, industry and consumer statistics, enterprise resource planning; and transaction processing.
mainframe computers
