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Computer History
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First Freely Programmable Computer
Konrad Zuse - Z1 Computer, The first freely programmable computer
Important because really, this was the start of the Programmable computer industry. -
ABC Computer
John Atanasoff & Clifford Berry
ABC Computer. Was not programmable, but was designed to solve systems of Linear equations. -
Harvard Mark I
Howard Aiken & Grace Hopper: The Harvard Mark I was an Electro-Mechanical computer. It did computations for the US Navy. This is important because it was an Innovation in the computer industry. -
UNIVAC Computer
John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly: Was the first commercial computer available. Also was able to pick presidential winners. This is important because it was the first commercial computer available. -
Spacewar Game
Created by Steve Russell & MIT, Spacewar was the first real computer game made. It was for the DEC PDP-1. -
The Computer Mouse
Douglas Engelbart: Invented the computer mouse. -
Intel 1103 Computer Memory
Intel 1103 Computer Memory, The first available dynamic RAM chip. Important because It was the first available dynamic ram chip! -
Intel 4004 Computer Microprocessor
Faggin, Hoff & Mazor: The first available microprocesser. Important because it was the first microprocesser. -
The IBM PC - Home Computer
From an "Acorn" grows a personal computer revolution. Important because it revolutionised the personal computer industry. -
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft begins the friendly war with Apple by creating their first operating system, Microsoft Windows. This is important because it was the first operating system that Microsoft created
