IBM invented the ATM, the PC and floppy disk.
Really? When?
The first floppy disk was invented in 1967 in San Jose.
And what about the company? In what year was it founded?
It actually originated in 1911 as the Computing Tabulating Recording Company.
I think I remember hearing something about that... where is there head office? DO you know?
The headquarters are in Armonk, New York. They have operations in over 170 countries.
They are a powerhouse! I am learning so much about them! SO what do they do today? What are their services?
holding the record for most U.S. patents generated by a business () for 26 consecutive years. Inventions by IBM include the automated teller machine (ATM), the floppy disk, the hard disk drive, the magnetic stripe card, the relational database, the SQL programming language, the UPC barcode, and dynamic random-access memory (DRAM). The IBM mainframe, exemplified by the System/360, was the dominant computing platform during the 1960s and 1970s.
IBM has continually shifted business operations by focusing on higher-value
The first commercially available microprocessor was a silicon-based chip, the Intel 4004, co-invented in 1971 by Ted Hoff, Federico Faggin, and Stanley Mazor for a calculator company named Busicom, and produced by Intel.
1971 Floppy disk
A floppy disk is a data storage medium that is composed of a disk of thin, flexible "floppy" magnetic storage medium encased in a square or rectangular plastic shell. In 1971 while working at IBM, David L. Noble invented the 8-inch floppy disk. Floppy disks in