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IBM introduces the electric typewriter
IBM- International Business Machines introduces the typewriter that is electric. -
George Stibitz builds his model K
Which demonstrates the feasibility of mechanizing binary math -
John Atanasoff begins to work on an ABC computer
The ABC computer uses dynamic storage for the main memory of the computer. He wanted to use magnetic or memory, vacuum tubes, relays and charged capicitators so the computer could store everybit of memory. But then he decided on the latter. -
The Colossus computer is completed and set to work
This computer is in Britain and is also brekaing german codes. -
The ENIAC is up and running
John Mauchly and John Presper Eckert developed the Electrical Numerical Integrator And Calculator (ENIAC) -
The public gets its first glimpse of the ENIAC
In Philedelphia on Valentines day, the ENIAC is released for the public to see. -
The Manchester Mark 1 is operational
The small scale expiremental machine was tested for speed and reliability. -
Assembly language is developed
The most basic language program for any proccesor. -
ENIAC computer is shut down.
The computer that performs complex calculations fro artillary, is shut down. -
The ALGOL 58 programing language is developed
It is the first language in the ALGOL programming family of language.
