Computer History - Digital Media

Computers - ENIAC

Feb 4, 1946

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ENIAC is short for Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer. It was the first general-purpose computer created by John Mauchly and J Presper Eckert.

Networks - S.A.G.E

Jan 1, 1950

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S.A.G.E stands for Semi-Automatic Ground Environment. It is a system of large computers (command and control system) that were created by the engineers, mathematicians, scientists and technicians, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Digital Computer Laboratory.

UNIVAC

Jun 14, 1951

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UNIIVAC stands for UNIVersal Automatic Computer. The creators are J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly. It was the first general-purpose computer for commercial use.

First Integrated Circuit

Oct 1, 1960

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Robert Noyce and Jack Kilby created the first Integrated Circuit.
It' s a set of electronic circuits on one small plate of semiconductor material.

ARPANET - First Internet

Oct 29, 1969

SourceThe U.S. Department made the first network for military purposes. The network is called the ARPANET and eventually turned into today's Internet.

Microprocessor

Jan 1, 1971

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A microprocessor is a computer processor that incorporates the functions of a computer's CPU. It is an input multi-purpose, programable device. Ted Hoff and Stanley Mazor created the microprocessor.

First Email Sent

Jun 11, 1971

SourceRay Tomlinson of research firm Bolt received credit for sending the first email message over to a military network called ARPANET. He's the one who decided to use the "@" sign for email. Tomlinson said that the contents of the first email were something like "QWERTYUIOP"

Networking - Telenet

Jan 1, 1974

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The telenet is a packet switched network that is open to the public use. It was established by the former head of the ARPANET.

Microsoft

Apr 4, 1975

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Microsoft was created by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Some of there products include Windows, Office, Servers, Skype, Visual, Studio, Dynamics, Azure, Xbox, Surface ,Mobile, and more.

Apple

Apr 1, 1976

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Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple. As of today, they sell products such as the Mac, iPod, iPhone, iPad, iPad Mini, Apple TV, Apple Watch, OS X, iLife, iWork, iOS, watchOS.

First Portable Computer

Apr 1, 1981

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The first portable computer was created in April 1981 by a company called Osborne. They called it the Osborne 1.

AOL

May 24, 1983

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AOL, also known as America Online, was developed by Tim Armstrong. It's a worldwide search engine and media.

Facebook

Feb 4, 2004

Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook. It's an online social networking service where users can create a user profile, add other users as "friends", exchange messages, post status updates and photos, share videos and receive notifications when others update their profiles.

iPhone First Generation

Jun 29, 2007

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On June29, 2007, Apple introduced the first generation of the iPhone. The iPhone 3G was sold to over 6.1 million people. It was discontinued the following year on July 15.

Instagram

Oct 6, 2010

SourceInstagram was developed by Facebook on October 6, 2010. It's a photo and video social networking app that is available in 25 different languages.