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IBM introduces the electric typewriter
IBM introduced the electric typewriter
type writers were the stepping stones for moddern day computers. They also made it easier for authors to write -
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Konrad Zuse completes his Z1 calculating machine
Konrad Zuse completes his Z1 calculating machine
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John Mauchly and J.Presper Eckert propose a digital electronic version of Vannevar Bush's differential analyzer.
John Mauchly and J.Presper Eckert produce a digital electronic version of Vannevar Bush's differential analyzer. An electronic version of the analyzer, we are moving from physical to digital before your eyes -
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colossus
Colossus: Alan Turing develops the the code-breaking machine Colossus
This machine allowed people to break code. As we know, todays computers are practically made of code -
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interacctive computer
Douglas Engelbart theorised on interactive computing with keyboard and screen display instead of on punchcards
Interacting with the computer with keyboard and screen, like modern day laptops -
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silicon chip
Silicon chip: The first integrated circuit, or silicon chip, was produced by the US Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce
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first computer game
The first computer game Spacewar Computer Game invented BY Steve Russell & MIT
Computer games! Revolutionary for childrens entertainment, and revolutionary for teachers visual teaching students -
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microsoft
Microsoft Corporation: The Microsoft Corporation was founded April 4, 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800
This is important because Microsoft is one of the two biggest computer companies out there, without microsoft I doubt even Apple would have gotten as big seeing as Apple and Microsoft are always competing. -
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apple
Apple: Apple Computers was founded Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs
Apple is the other biggest computer company out there, without apple I wouldn't be typing this now -
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google
Google is founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page on September 7, 1998
Google is so fantastic it has become a verb! It allows you to type in a word, phrase, or question and will give you hundreds of thousands of sites to choose from to get the info you require! It even paved the way for Bing and Yahoo, of course nobody says "let's bing it!"