Computer History

Eniac invented

Feb 16, 1946

SourceENIAC is the first digital computer. It contained 17,468 vacuum tubes. It was 8 x 3 x 100 feet.

IBM 701

Sep 1, 1952

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The IBM 701 was the first IBM computer to se vacuum tubes. The 701 can execute 17,000 instructions per second.

IBM System/360 is revealed

Apr 7, 1964

SourceThe IBM system/360 is the first in IBM's family of computers.
It offers interchangeable software.

Apple 1 is released.

Apr 10, 1976

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The Apple 1 was Steve Wozniak's first input in Apple's computers.The Apple 1 had 8kb of RAM.

Apple 2 invented

Sep 10, 1977

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The Apple 2 was created by Steve Wozniak. It was the first successful mass produced computer.

Windows 1.0

Nov 20, 1985

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Windows 1.0 was a 16 bit graphical operating system. Windows 1.0 was supported until December 31, 2001.

Internet was used for instant messaging

Jan 2, 1990

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The interenet is used for VoIP. It is also used for e-mail.

Windows 3.0

May 22, 1990

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Windows 3.0 was the most widely used Windows Operating system to this day. Windows 3.0 had advanced graphics for that time with 16 colors.

Internet is commercialized

Jan 1, 1995

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The internet was commercialized when the NSFNET was decomisssioned. This allows the internet to be used for comercial traffic.

Windows XP released

Oct 25, 2001

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Windows XP is available in 25 languages on release. XP was also the first Windows Operating System to support 64 bit processors.

Google Fiber released in Kansas City

Mar 30, 2011

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Google Fiber allows users to get up to 1 gigabit per second upload and download. Google Fiber is currently in Kansas City, MO(and Kansas), Austin, TX, and Provo, Utah.

4K resolution released

Sep 12, 2012

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4K resolution will have 4 thousand horizontal pixels. It is stull not widely used because of the problem that the TV's that have 4K are to fast for the TV provider.

iPhone 5 is released

Sep 21, 2012

SourceThe iPhone 5 broke Apple's own records for their iPhone sales. The iPhone 5 has a resolution of 1136×640.

iOS 7 released

Sep 18, 2013

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iOS 7 will be the biggest software jump ever done by Apple. iOS 7 will also allow more custimization with iPhone users.

iPhone 5s released

Sep 20, 2013

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The iPhone 5s will have iOS 7 on release. The 5s will be twice as fast as the 5.