Can you imagine writing a paper without spell check? Beyond simple conveniences, computers have advanced nearly all industries and represent the promise of the future. The Computer Channel involves the inventors or inventions that have provided support and innovations towards any programmable electronic device that can store, retrieve or process data, including all analog, digital and hybrid computers. Here you will be able to get an overview of the most critical building blocks that have enabled computing as we know it today.

   
Audio Signals

Calculator

Computer Mouse

CPU

Digital Computer

DRAM

Field-Effect Device with Insulated Gate; Self Aligned Gate MOSFET

Integrated Circuit

Liquid Crystal Display

  Magnetic Core Memory

Optical Fibers

Peripherals

Personal Computer

Punch Card Tabulator

Random Access Memory

Supercomputer

Transistor


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