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Analytical Engine was designed by Charles Babbage. -
Ada Lovelace described how a routine could be written for machine-based problem-solving -
Herman Hollerith developed a punch card system. -
Konrad Zuse built the first programmable computing machine. It was called the Z3 electric computer. -
William Hewlett and David Packard invented an audio oscillator. -
World War II helped computing technology leap forward -
J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly built the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator. -
The Electronic Numerical Integrator was created. -
Alan Turing turning machine. -
Bell Telephone Laboratories created transistors. -
Tom Kilburn created the first computer program that could go into a computer. -
COBOL was the first computer language that could run on machines made by different companies. -
George Forsythe came up with the term "computer science". -
Purdue University started the first college computer science department. -
Douglas Engelbart created the computer mouse. -
The floppy disk was created by IBM. -
Steve Jobs pioneered the personal computer. -
Visicalc, the first computerized spreadsheet program. -
Apple was invented by Steve Jobs, and Steve Wozniak -
Wifi was invented allowing connections without wires.