Web Quest Scavenger Hunt
By David Gaudet
Abacus
- Invented around 500 BCE
- Invented by Greeks
- Used for counting
- Some modern abacuses are larger and have more rows and columns
Texas Instruments
- Produced the worlds first silicon transistor for commercial use in the 1950s
- Helped invent the integrated circuit in 1958
- Number one handheld calculator supplier in the U.S.
January 29, 1907
- Lee De Frost files patent #879,532 for vacuum tube triode. Later used as an electronic switch in the first electronic computer.
The Internet
- In 1989 the first dialup ISP in the United States, The World, was created
- Amazon, Ebay, and Craigslist went online in 1995
- Created by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian, in 2005
- It is a social media website that provides news, entertainment, and more in a bulletin board system. Users can submit links to other things or too their own content. Posts are voted on, and posts with more votes end up higher in the website, where they end up being viewed by more people.
- It is multilingual, so it can be accessed anywhere
- It does sell merchandise related to the website, but the primary purpose of the website is not to sell products.
- They make a profit from donations, advertisements, and investments.
Microsoft Co-Founders
Bill Gates
- “William Henry "Bill" Gates III is an American business magnate, philanthropist, investor, and computer programmer. In 1975, Gates and Paul Allen co-founded Microsoft, which became the world's largest PC software company.”
- $79 billion net worth
Paul Allen
- $18.1 billion net worth
Apple Co-Founders
Steve Jobs
- “Steve Jobs co-founded Apple Computers with Steve Wozniak. Under Jobs' guidance, the company pioneered a series of revolutionary technologies, including the iPhone and iPad.”
- Worth about $10 billion
Steve Wozniak
- $100 million net worth
Facebook Co-Founders
- During his time at Harvard he created a social networking site called Facebook. This made him one of the youngest billionaires.
- $46 billion net worth
Eduarda Saverin
- $7.2 billion
Dustin Moskovits
- $9.3 billion
Chris Hughes
- $450 million
Twitter Co-Founders
- Born in St. Louis, Missouri, on November 19, 1976, Jack Dorsey became involved in web development as a college student, founding the Twitter social networking site in 2006. Since that time, Dorsey has served as CEO, chairman of the board, and executive chairman of Twitter.
- $2.3 billion
Evan Williams
- $1.7 billion
Biz Stone
- $200 million
Product Placement
- In the Tony Hawk skateboarding video games there is a lot of product placement. The boards are certain brands, and so are the skate shoes.
Deep Blue
Plankalkul
- It was a programming language designed in 1940 by Karl Zues for engineering purposes
Old-Babylonian Dynasty
Chapter 10 of "Geography of India"
- By Prithvish Nag, Smita Sengupta
- It discusses landuse
Sources
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Huddleston, John. Binary Abacus. Digital image. John Huddleston – Silversmith. N.p., n.d.
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IBM 701. Digital image. Computerhistory.org Computer History Meuseum, n.d. Web. 20 Mar.
2015.
Sperry UNIVAC 1108 (1964). Digital image. Mikanet.com. The Baby Boomer EMuseum, n.d.
Web. 20 Mar. 2015.
GENIAC Electric Brain Construction Kit and Spare Parts. Digital image.Computerhistory.org. Computer History Meuseum, n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2015.
Nkary. Atari 400/800. Digital image. Iamretro.gr. Iamretro, 1 Nov. 2012. Web. 20 Mar. 2015.
Commodore 64 - 1982. Digital image. Oldcomputers.net. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2015.