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IBM President
Thomas J Watson, Sr. became president of International Business Machines and turned the company into one of the most effective selling organizations yet seen. -
Magnetic Core Memory
Magnetic Core memory was developed and allowed binary information to be recorded and retreived. -
Programming Language
John Backus and IBM create the first successful high level programming language -
Random-access storage
The first Disk drive for Random-Access Storage of data was released -
RAM
First RAM chip introduced by intel, had a capacity of 1-K bit -
Floppy Disk
Alan Shugart and IBM created the "floppy" disk which was nicknamed floppy for its flexibility -
Hobbyist Computer
The first home computer marketed to hobbyists so they can build and use their own computer -
Bill Gates
IBM hires Bill Gates to create an operating system for a new PC -
MS DOS 1.0
MS-DOS(microsoft disk operating system) 1.0 was released. -
Intel 8088 processor
The intel 8088 processor was the processor chosen to be used in the first IBM PC -
MS DOS 1.25
MS DOS 1.25 was released -
Adobe
Adobe was founded -
MS DOS 2.0
MS-DOS 2.0 was released -
Dell Computer
Dell Computer was founded -
MS DOS 3.0 and 3.1
MS DOS 3.0 and 3.1 Released -
Microsoft Windows 1.0
Microsoft Windows 1.0 is introduced -
Dell's First Computer
Dell releases its first computer the "Turbo PC" -
MS DOS 3.2
MS-DOS 3.2 is released -
Chipsets
Chipsets begin to be found on motherboards -
Microsoft Windows 2.0
Microsoft introduces windows 2.0 -
Internet
Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau propose a 'hypertext' system starting the internet we use today -
Internet Launched to Public
The World Wide Web was Launched to the public -
Microsoft Windows 3.11
microsoft introduces windows 3.11 -
JAVA
Java programming language, developed by Sun Microsystems -
Windows XP
Windows XP was launched -
Windows Vista
Windows Vista was released