Computer 5 Decades

By rxp3778
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    1950's

  • First stored program computer

    In 1952 A S Douglas created OXO, noughts and crosses, for the EDSAC with graphical output to a cathode ray tube.

  • The first microchip/integrated circuit

    Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce contributed to the first microchip in 1958
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    1960's

  • IBM develops the first automatic mass-production facility for transistors in New York.

  • The first integrated circuits (IC's) begin being sold for $120.00 and are chosen to be used on the Gemini spacecraft.

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    1970's

  • Steve Wozniak and Bill Fernandez develop a computer called the Cream Soda Computer.

  • Interactive laser discs make their debut.

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    1980's

  • Portable computer—Osburne I by Adam Osborne

  • Apple Works by Apple

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    1990's

  • In 1990 Microsoft introduced Windows 3.0.

  • In 1997 the first MP3 player is invented by Tomislav Uzelac.

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    2000's

  • AOL acquires Time Warner and becomes AOL Time Warner

  • Firefox 1.0 is first introduced

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    2010

  • Microsoft introduces Office 365

  • Google and several other companies migrate to IPv6