11zwiltshire computing

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  • first full length computer generated movie

    The Story of the Kelly Gang

  • colour tv

  • first electronic computer

    Professor John Atanasoff and graduate student Clifford Berry built the world's first electronic-digital computer at Iowa State University between 1939 and 1942. The Atanasoff-Berry Computer represented several innovations in computing, including a binary system of arithmetic, parallel processing, regenerative memory, and a separation of memory and computing functions.
    During a similar time period Alan Turing of Cambridge University , Max Newman and Mr Tommy Flowers of British GPO need a mention

  • cobol

  • hand held calculator

  • The Magnavox Odyssey

    Although the first computer games appeared in the 1950s, they were based around vector displays, not analog video. It was not until 1972 that Magnavox released the first home video game console which could be connected to a TV set—the Magnavox Odyssey, invented by Ralph H. Baer. The Odyssey was initially only moderately successful, and it was not until Atari's arcade game Pong popularized video games, that the public began to take more notice of the emerging industry.

  • inkjet printer developed

  • first ipod

  • microsoft

  • Kindle