COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS
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Question
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The first device that could be called a ‘personal computer’ was the ____, which debuted in 1975.
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Apple I
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MS-DOS
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IBM PC
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Altair 8800
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Not long after Intel introduced its 8080 chip, a small firm in Albuquerque, New Mexico, named MITS (Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems) announced a computer kit called the Altair, which met the social as well as technical requirements for a small personal computer.
Detailed explanation-2: -It became the first-ever commercially successful personal computer, especially compared to the first microprocessor-based personal computer – Micral. Because of its success, the Altair 8800 initiated the personal computer age.
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