Electronic Age (1930s - 1980s) Flashcards
People harnessed the power of transistors that led to the transistor radio, electronic circuits, and the early computers. In this age, long distance communication became more efficient.
Electronic Age (1930s - 1980s)
The ______ ushered in electronic age and it led to the creation of other media tool
Transistor (1930)
Television
Television (1941)
A _________ is a small portable radio receiver that uses transistor-based circuitry. Following their development in 1954, made possible by the invention of the transistor in 1947, they became the most popular electronic communication device in history.
Transistor Radio (1947)
An __________ is a variant of slide projector that is used to display images to an audience.
OHP (Overhead Projector) (1950)
_______ is a line of electronic digital stored-program computers starting with the products of the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation. Later the name was applied to a division of the Remington Rand company and successor organizations.
UNIVAC 1 (Universal Automatic Computer) (1951)
___________ is the first mass-produced computer with floating- point arithmetic hardware. The __________ Data Processing System was a large-scale computer designed for engineering and scientific calculations.
Mainframe computers - i.e. IBM 704 (1960)
Computer that reproduced the song “Daisy Bell”
IBM 704
Is an early computer (or programmable calculator)
Hewlett- Packard 9100A (1968)
_____________ is a removable magnetic storage medium. This is used for moving information between computers, laptops or other devices. Some early digital cameras, electronic music instruments and older computer game consoles use ____________.
Floppy Disk (1970)
is a desktop computer released by the Apple Computer Company in 1976. It was designed and hand-built by Steve Wozniak. Wozniak’s friend Steve Jobs had the idea of selling the computer.
Apple computer 1 (1976)
Originally used for portable audio cassette players
Walkman (1980)
