Key Inventions
This tiny part became the brain of the fourth generation of computers.
What are microprocessors?
This IBM computer in 1981 became very popular in offices.
What is the IBM PC?
People used computers to type letters and reports with this program.
What is a word processor?
Computers became smaller, faster, and _.
What is cheaper?
This company made the first microprocessor, in 1971.
This Apple computer in 1984 introduced windows and icons.
What is the Macintosh?
This program helps people calculate numbers in rows and columns.
What is a spreadsheet?
More powerful chips often produce this problem.
What is heat?
Putting many transistors together in one chip is called this.
What is VLSI?
This early portable computer was one of the first laptops.
What is the Osborne 1?
People stored information like names and addresses in this.
What is a database?
Old, broken computers add to this type of waste.
What is e-waste (electronic waste)?
This made computers easier to use than just typing commands.
What is GUI?
This small home computer was famous for games in the 1980s
What is the Commodore 64?
This new way of sending messages was faster than mail.
What is email?
Many people started to rely too much on computers, creating this issue.
What is dependence?
This allowed computers around the world to connect
What is the internet?
This type of computer was used before PCs became common.
What is the mainframe?
Many schools and offices used computers for this reason: to make work _.
What is easier/faster?
The biggest benefit of fourth generation computers is that they became _.
What is personal/for everyone?