BASIC COMPUTER CONCEPTS
HISTORY OF COMPUTERS
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Question
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It was the first Microwave Oven
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It was used to store recipes
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It was used to program times used for cooking products
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It was the first Dish Washer
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Detailed explanation-1: -It was meant to store recipes, even recommending meals from ingredients on hand.
Detailed explanation-2: -An early 16-bit minicomputer from Honeywell that was marketed to housewives as a tool to store and retrieve recipes. In 1969, the Neiman Marcus catalog featured the machine for the bargain price of $10, 600.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Honeywell Kitchen Computer was really a 16-bit business machine called the H316 minicomputer. The H316 was available as a table-top machine or a machine you could mount on a rack, but the Kitchen Computer was based on a version that was shoehorned into a futuristic, Jetsons-like pedestal.
Detailed explanation-4: -Chefs use to compile an order list to produce the menu for the day thus overestimating to ensure sufficient ingredients, resulting in wastage and higher costs. Recipe control system and stock delivery systems are connected, requisitions can be sent electronically thus reducing paper work.