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The Difference Engine is concived
The Difference Engine cancept was proposed by Charles Babbage as the first computer. It was able to compute different sets of nmbers, and make hard copies of the results. -
Conception of the Atanasoff–Berry Computer
The Atanasoff–Berry Computer concieved as the first machine to run using binary code. -
The creation of the Atanasoff-Berry Computer
The Atanasoff-Berry Computer was the first digital computer. It was not programable, however, but did posess the capacity to solve linear equations. -
The UNIVAC
The Univeral Automatic Computer I is the first commercialy available computer. -
IBM enters the world of computers
Internal Buisness Machines bagan developing for the computer industry with the IBM 701 EDPM Computer. -
The The Integrated Circuit is created
'The Chip' is created, it is able to replace the vaccum tubes of the 40s and 50s. -
The transistor era of computers begins
After 'The Chip' is created, the transistors are used as a mainstream, and the vaccum tubes are left behind. -
The first computer game is created
The game 'Spacewar' is created in 1962, when the large computers develop screens. -
The Intergrated Chip era
Transistors were miniaturized and placed on silicon chips, called semiconductors, which drastically increased the speed and efficiency of computers. Computers for the first time became accessible to a mass audience because they were smaller and cheaper than their predecessors. -
ARPAnet is created
ARPAnet is the original internet, although not worldwide, it was the first connection between multiple computers. -
The frist Microprocessor is created
The Intel 4004 Computer Microprocessor was the frist microprocessor, and allowed for smaller computers. -
Birth of the Floppy Disk
Alan Shugart & IBM release the floppy disk as a way to save data and hold programs. It was called the "floppy" because of its flexibility. -
The Altair 8800 is created
The Altar 8800 was the first personal computer, (the term coined by its creator, Ed Roberts) it was small enough for everyday people to use it. -
The first portable computer
The IBM 5100, weighing 55 pounds, was the first computer to be portable. It can be concidered the first laptop. -
The first person is killed by a robot
At the Ford Motors Company, Robert Williams was the frist person to be killed by a robot, resulting in a $10 million lawsuit. -
The frist Microcomputer is released
The first Microcomputer is the HP-85 designed by Hewlett Packard. It has 16kB of RAM and a 5-inch CRT display. -
MS-DOS 1.0 is released
MS-DOS is first introduced with the IBM PC. It was a revolutionary operating system developed by Microsoft. -
The Apple IIe is created
The Apple IIe is introduced, it is a smaller, and cheaper alternative to many personal computers of the time. -
The 3.5 Floppy disk is introduced
The 3.5 inch floppy disk was a new way to store data. It later became the industry standard. -
Computers continue to work
People feared that all the computers would discontinue to work because of what was known as the 2000 glitch. This was untrue.
