History of Computers in the 50's timeline

1950

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First electronic computer made in Japan. It became the first commercial computer.
Inventor - Hideo Yamachito
Website source: https://www.computerhope.com/history/1950.htm
Period: 1950 to 1959

Computer History in the 50's
1951

UNIVAC

First commercially successful electronic computer / first general-purpose computer. The machine used magnetic tape for input.
Designed by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly.
Website source: (text) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_computing_1950%E2%80%931979#1950s
(picture) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIVAC_I
1952

IAS Machine

First electronic, binary computer. Stored two 20-bit instructions in each word. Completed at the Institute for Advanced Study by Von Neumann and others.
Website source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAS_machine
1953

Magnetic Core Memory

Random access core memory used predominantly for 20 years. Core memory uses toroids as transformer cores. Developed by Seeberg. Website source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic-core_memory
1954

FORTRAN (FORmula TRANslation)

The first high-level programming language development. The purpose was to develop a more practical alternative to assembly language for programming. Begun by John Backus and his team at IBM.Website source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortran

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