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Difference Machine
J. H. Müller, an engineer , conceived of the idea of a difference machine. This was described in a book published in 1786, but Müller was unable to obtain funding to progress with the idea. -
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Computer Timeline
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Charles Babbage's Difference Engine
Babbage proposed the idea of a difference engine but ran out of money and funding to created the actual prototype. -
Hewlett-Packard (HP)
Used for sound effects,
8 we’re used and orded by Disney during1940 used for the Disney movie ‘fantasia’ Now that company is also known as HP -
Colossus computer
Colossus was the world's first computer. The Colossus computers were developed for British codebreakers during World War II to help in the cryptanalysis of the Lorenz cipher. -
Punch Cards
Punch cards were used mostly for work to sign in and out of your job. -
Data-phone
AT&T created its first commercial modem, the dataphone. -
UNIMATE
First industrial robot, is 4,000lbs. -
First e-mail sent
The first e-mail was sent by Ray Tomlinson -
PONG
A classic old school game which was inspired by ping pong. -
Apple I personal computer kit
Apple I was created by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne -
Hard Drives
Nearly every computer and desktops and servers in use today contains one or more hard-disk drives. -
PIXAR
PIXAR is a special effects company founded by Disney -
CDs
Lots of movies, music and recordings are stored in CDS -
Iomega ZIP disk
Can store around 100MB, later versions were made to store 2GB -
Google
One of the most popular browsers was founded on September the 8th in 1998 -
USBs
USBs are used to save and stored documents and files and are portable -
Xbox
The first Xbox video game console was created at 2001
