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1941 BCE
Z3 Computer
Working in complete isolation -
Walter Pitts A Logical Calculus of the Ideas Immanent in Nervous Activity
Improved upon by subsequent generations of researchers. -
John von Neumann writes First Draft
Outlines the architecture of a stored-program computer. -
Manchester Mark I Williams-Kilburn tube
The first high-speed, entirely electronic memory -
Direct keyboard input to computers
At MIT, researchers begin experimenting with direct keyboard input to computers. -
Atlas computer
The concept of virtual memory emerges from a team under the direction of Tom Kilburn at the University of Manchester on its Atlas computer. -
The C++ Programming Language is published
The C++ programming language emerges as the dominant object-oriented language in the computer. -
Apple Watch
Building a computer into the watch from factor.