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Created the 1st automatic calculator called the Analytical Engine. He actually based the machine off of another machine called the Difference Machine.
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Took Jacquard's punch-card concept and applied it with his Tabulation Machine. His machine became so successful that he left Census Bureau in 1896 to start his Tabulation Machine Company.
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Important breakthrough for future computer design. It was created by Konrad Zuse and it's a mechanical calculator.
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1st successful high-speed electronic digital computer. Used 18,00 vacuum tubes and filled about 1,800 square feet.
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Used vacuum tubes to store data. The Eniac and Univac are 1st generation computers.
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Used transistors to store data.
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Operated on magnectic tape, not punch cards. 1st commercially successful digital computer.
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Invented intergrated circuits. He enabled computers to become smaller and lighter.
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Used intergrated circuits.
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Became key language for PC. Led to the creation of Microsoft.
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Use microprocessor chip.
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File management system with directories and folders. Not invented by computer company.
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Marked the start of personal computer boom. Sold at $395 as a kit.
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Wrote an interpreter program and sold it to Altair. He was the first to own an Altair.
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Formed Apple Computer with Steve Wozinak. He worked for the computer game Atari.
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Operating system stored in ROM.Eventually included a spreadsheet program, word processor, and desktop publishing software.
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1st electronic spreadsheet application.
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1st word processing application.
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1st portable computer/preinstalled with spreadsheet and word processing software.
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1st desktop publishing software.
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1st spreadsheet to use a graphical user interface.
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Caused 350% increase in internet connection. Allowed users to view multimedia on the web.
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Became an open source in 1998 stating that they would no longer charge for the product and make the code available to the public.
