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A brief history of computing
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Pascal
Blaise Pascalinvents the "Pascaline" - a mechanical adding machine -
Morse
Samuel Morse invents Morse code -
Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invents a telephone called the Photothone -
Radio signals
Radio signals are invented by Guliemo Marconi -
IBM
IBM is formed -
HP
William Hewlett and David Packard start Hewlett Packard -
Let the games begin
Claude Shannon builds the first machine that plays chess -
Processing improvements
IBM introduces the first word processor -
RAM
Intel introduces the world's first RAM chip and the first microprocessor, the Intel 4004 -
@
E-mail was invented by Ray Tomlinson -
Microsoft
Microsoft is founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen -
Apple
Apple computers is founded by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs -
Commodore 64
The Commodore 64 is the best selling computer of all time -
Nintendo
The Nintendo Entertainment System debuts -
WWW
The World Wide Web is launched to the public -
Google it!
Google is founded by Sergey Brinn and Larry Page -
Tweet away
Twitter is launched
