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Steam powered "calculator"
In 1882, English mathematichian Charles Babbage concieves a steam powered calculating machine yo compute tables of numbers. The project was a unsuccesful and failed. -
Punch card machine
In 1890, Herman Hollerith designs a punch card systems to calculate the 1880 census. This is a success and saves the U.S. government about $5,000,000. -
First digital computer
In 1937, J.V. Atanasoff (a physics/mathematics professsor) attempts to build a computer without gears, cams, belts or shafts. -
Atanasoff-Berry Computer
Atanasoff and his graduate student, Clifford Berry, design a computer that can solve 29 equations simultaneously, and can store information. -
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ENIAC
John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert build the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator, or ENIAC for short. This was considered the "grandfather" of computers. -
Mauchy and Pester complete ENIAC
I 1944, Mauchy and Pester complete their "Elctronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator" The finished product was so big it took up an entire room. -
UNIVAC
Mauchy and Pester leave their university to build UNIVAC, the first commercial computer for buisness and government applications. -
COBOL
In 1953, Grace Hopper creates the first computer launguage, later known as COBOL. -
IBM 701 EDPM
In 1953, Thomas Johnson Watson, Jr. concieves the IBM 701 EDPM to assist the United Nations on keeping tabs on Korea during the war. -
FORTAN
In 1954, the computer language FORTAN is born with no specific creator. -
Integrated chip
In 1958, Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce create the integrated chip, better know as the computer chip. -
GUI and the first modern pc prototype
In 1964, Douglas Engelbart creates the first prototype of what are now modern pc's,and introduces the mouse and a graphical user interface. This is when computers begin to become more public -friendly. -
Dynamic Random Access Memory
In 1970, Intel releases the Intel 1103, the first DRAM, or Dynamic Random Access Memory chip. -
"Floppy Disk"
In 1971, Alan Shugart and a team of IBM engineers create the floppy disk, which allowed data to be shared from computer to computer. -
Ethernet
In 1973, Robert Metcalfe, a staff researvher for Xerox, creates 'Ethernet', which allows multiple computers and hardware to be connected to eachother. -
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Computer "Rush"
Between 1974 and 1977, computer companies released lost of personal computers into the market, such as the Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair, IBM 5100, RadioShack’s TRS-80, and the Commodore PET. -
IBM 5100
In 1975, the IBM 5100 becomes the first commercially avaliable portable computer. -
The first Apple computer
in 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak create the Apple company, and release the first Apple computer, the Apple 1. The Apple 1is also the first computer ti run on a single circuit board.
