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Z1 Computer
Konrad Zuse invented a computer that could be freely programmed. He called it the Z1 Computer -
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Computer Inventions and Innovations
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ABC Computer
John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry invented the first computer for computation. -
Harvard Mark I Computer
Howard Aiken and Grace Hopper made this first generation of a modern-day computer -
ENIAC 1 Computer
John Eckert and John Mauchly made this out of 20,000 vacuum tubes. -
The Transistor
John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockly invented the transistor, a switch that greatly helped innovate computers. -
Baby Computer and Williams Tube
Frederic Williams and Tom Kilburn made the first computers to store more memory than a paragraph. -
UNIVAC Computer
John Eckert and John Mauchly, the same creators of the ENIAC 1, innovated the computer further by making the first industrial computer that's able to pick presidential winners. -
IBM 701 EDPM Computer
The first personal computer was made by International Business Machines. -
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Company Debuts
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FORTRAN Computer Programming Language
John Backus joined with IBM created the FORTRAN Computer ProgrammIng Language. It was the first successful high level programming language. -
ERMA and MICR
GE,Bank of America, and the Stanford Research Institute invented the ERMA and MICR computers. The ERMA was the first banking computer and the MICR was used for scanning ink and reading checks. -
The Integrated Circuit
Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce Invented the first computer chip. -
Space War Computer Game
Steve Russell and MIT invented the first ever computer game. -
Computer Mouse
The computer mouse was invented by Douglas Engelbart. He named it a "mouse" because a wire came out of one end that looked like a tail. -
ARPAnet
The original internet. Made by too many people to name. -
Intel 1103 Computer Memory
Made by Intel, this was the first RAM chip. -
First Micropocessor
A Japanese company named Busicom made this with 2250 transistors that could perform 90,000 operations a second. -
The "Floppy" Disk
IBM and Alan Shugart invented the first portable memory device. Called "Floppy" for its bendability. -
Ethernet Computer Networking
The first way a home can connect to the internet. -
Scelbi and mark-8 altair
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Affordable Consumer Computers
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IBM 5100
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Apple 1 and TRS-80
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Commodore Pet and Apple 2
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Wordstar Software
Seymour Rubenstein and Rob Barnaby designed the first word processor. -
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The "Computer War"
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MS-DOS Computer Operating System
Microsofts first computer. -
The IBM PC- Home Computer
The first family computer that started a revolution in technology. -
Apple Lisa Computer
The first home computer with a graphical user interface. -
Apple Macintosh Computer
Apple made a more affordable version of the Lisa computer that still had a GUI. -
Microsoft Windows
Started the electronic war between Apple and Microsoft. -
Pixar is Founded
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The World Wide Web and HTML
The World Wide Web is born and HTML is created by a company called CERN. -
Doom is the First "3D" Game
id Software released this "3D" game in 1993 and it began a revolution in 3D and shooter games. -
Yahoo is Founded
