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Z1 Computer
Made by Konrad Zuse The Z1 was the first freely programmable computer. -
The Transistor
Made by John Bardeen, Walter Brattain and William Shockley. Not a computer, but greatly affected the development of computers. -
IBM 701 EDPM Computer
International Business Machines enters the computer race. -
FORTRAN Programming Language
The first successful, high-level programming language, FORTRAN, is created by John Backus and IBM. This lead to more powerful programs being written for computers. -
Spacewar Computer Game
Made by Steve Russell and MIT The first computer game invented. -
UNIX
Developed at AT&T Bell Labs by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and others. One of the first powerful operating systems. Later went on to be used in some of the first consumer computers. -
The Floppy Disk
Made by Alan Shugart and IBM. The first form of magnetic storage for computers. -
C Programming Language
Developed by Dennis Ritchie at AT&T Bell Labs. A very powerful programming language that set the standards for programming languages to come, and many languages borrow from it. -
MS-DOS
Made by Microsoft. The main operating system to remain for the rest of the century, was used lots and elements still remain to this day. -
Apple Macintosh
Made by Apple. A consumer computer at an affordable price with a GUI.
