1950's computer history

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  • The first electronic computer

    The first electronic computer
    The first electronic computer is created in Japan by Hideo Yamachito, in 1950

  • the beginning of Ram

    the beginning of Ram
    Jay Forrester applies for a patent for magnetic-core memory, an early type of random access memory (RAM). this is important because ram is one of the most important part of a computer it one of the reasons a computer is so fast.

  • the first computer game

    the first computer game
    Alexander Sandy Douglas created the first graphical computer game of Tic-Tac-Toe on an EDSAC known as "OXO." this is important because it start the beginning of using computers for pleasure.

  • first computer with Realtime graphics

    first computer with Realtime graphics
    MIT introduced the Whirlwind machine a revolutionary computer that was the first digital computer with real-time graphics.

  • first computer with hard drive

    first computer with hard drive
    IBM 305 RAMAC was the first computer to be shipped with a hard drive. The hard drive weighed a ton. this is important because it allowed reusable storage.