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Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage conceptualized the modern computer -
Herman Hollerith is born
Herman Hollerith invented the first mechanical tabulation that involved punchcards. -
Z1 Computer
First mechanical computer. Because of it's design many call it the first modern computer. -
1st Generation of computers
The first Generation of computers were ones that involved vacuum tubes -
Eniac release
First electronic general purpose computer -
Univac introduced
First commercially available computer -
2nd generation of computers
The 2nd generation of computers involved transistors. -
Jack Kilby, the integrated circuit
Jack Kilby made the first integrated circuit. -
BASIC
First consumer based programming language. -
3rd Generation of computers
The third generation of computers introduced integrated circuits. -
4th generation of computers
The 4th generation of computers introduced microprocessors. -
Altair Computer release
First Personal Computer that was released commercially -
Bill Gates founds microsoft
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Steve Jobs Founds Apple
Steve Jobs founded Apple. -
Apple 2 release
First fully packaged and complete PC -
introduction of the GUI
Solved the "blank screen problem" -
Wordstar
Wordstar was the first wordprocessing program. -
Visicalc
The very first spreadsheet program. -
Osborne Computer release
First portable full featured pc. -
Pagemaker is released
Pagemaker was the first widespread publishing program. -
Excel is released
Excel was the first widespread spreadsheet program to be distributed with computers. -
Mosaic Released
First browser that popularized the internet. -
Netscape was introduced
First browser to include SSL.
