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Z1 Computer
First freely programmable computer. -
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John Atanasoff & Clifford Berry/ABC Computer
Who was first in the computing biz is not always as easy as ABC. -
Howard Aiken & Grace HopperHarvard Mark I Computer
The Harvard Mark 1 computer. -
John Presper Eckert & John W. MauchlyENIAC 1 Computer
20,000 vacuum tubes later... -
The Transistor
John Bardeen, Walter Brattain & Wiliam Shockley/ No, a transistor is not a computer, but this invention greatly affected the history of computers. -
Manchester Baby Computer & The Williams Tube
Frederic Williams & Tom Kilburn/ Baby and the Williams Tube turn on the memories. -
UNIVAC Computer
John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly/ First commercial computer & able to pick presidential winners -
IBM 701 EDPM Computer
International Business Machines/ IBM enters into 'The History of Computers'. -
FORTRAN Computer Programming Language
John Backus & IBM / The first successful high level programming language. -
ERMA and MICR
Stanford Research Institute, Bank of America, and General Electric/ The first bank industry computer - also MICR (magnetic ink character recognition) for reading checks. -
The Integrated Circuit
Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce/ Otherwise known as 'The Chip' -
Spacewar Computer Game
Steve Russell & MIT/ The first computer game invented. -
Computer Mouse & Windows
Douglas Engelbart/ Nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end. -
ARPAnet
The original Internet. -
Intel 1103 Computer Memory
The world's first available dynamic RAM chip. -
Intel 4004 Computer Microprocessor
The first microprocessor. -
The "Floppy" Disk
Nicknamed the "Floppy" for its flexibility. -
The Ethernet Computer Networking
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Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair & IBM 5100 Computers
The first consumer computers. -
Apple I, II & TRS-80 & Commodore Pet Computers
More first consumer computers. -
VisiCalc Spreadsheet Software
Any product that pays for itself in two weeks is a surefire winner. -
WordStar Software
Word Processors. -
The IBM PC - Home Computer
From an "Acorn" grows a personal computer revolution -
MS-DOS Computer Operating System
From "Quick And Dirty" comes the operating system of the century. -
Apple Lisa Computer
The first home computer with a GUI, graphical user interface. -
Apple Macintosh Computer
The more affordable home computer with a GUI. -
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft begins the friendly war with Apple.
