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Z1 Computer Created - First Programmable Computer
Z1 Computer The first programmable computer designed and built by Konrad Zuse. It used Boolean logic and binary floating point numbers. It was destroyed in the bombing of Berlin during World War II. -
ENIAC Invented - First Digital Computer
WikipediaFirst digital computer invented by the United States Army to calculate the launcing of the ballistic missiles. It was the size of a small gymnasium and cost $500,000. -
Invention of the Transistor
Transistor A transistor is used to amplify and switch electronic curciuts. Revolitionized the small electronics and computers industry. -
UNIVAC - Second Commercial Computer
UNIVAC The second commercial computer. It was capable of predicting the next presidential election. -
FORTRAN Computer Programming Language - First High Grade Programming Language
Fortran A general-perpose integrated programming language. Used especially for numeric computing and scientific computing. -
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Space Wars - First Computer Game
Space Wars The first computer game, which ran on its own system. Involved two players who flew around a central star and fired bullets at each other. Made by Larry Rosenthal -
Computer Mouse Invented along with Windows Prototype
Computer MouseDouglas Engelbart Developed the first mouse, which was a wooden shell with two metal wheels on the bottom. It was named a mouse because the cord looked like a tail. He made a windows prototype to run it on, but couldn't get a patent -
ARPANET - (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network)
ARPANET First operational pocket switching networks. Will become the beginning of modern day internet -
Ethernet Computer Networking
Ethernet A computer networking cable that work for Local Area Networks (LAN). Replace other wired LAN connections. -
Osborne 1 - First portable computer
Osborne !
The osborne 1 is the first portable computer, created by the Osborne computer company. It weighed 23.5 pounds, and cost $1795, and it only had a 5 inch screen. -
IBM PC - Home computer
IBM One of the first micro computers or home computers.
It revolutionized the term PC as the first commercially produced Personal Computer. -
NSFNET - National Science Foundation
NSFNET A program of evolving programs funded by the NSF. Funded projects that created a major backbone for the internet. -
ARPANET replaced by NSFNET
NSFNET
The NSFNET played a major role in the development of ARPANET and modern internet. It replaced ARPANET because of it's not-for-profit entity, and for profit subsidiary. -
Transmeda releases Crusoe Microprocessor
Crusoe The crusoe revolutionized microprocessors, and became a new type of much more efficient ones. It replaced the use ofinstructions built into hardware into a software system that translates code into instructions.
