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Turing Machine
First machine to use computer algorithm developed by Alan Turing -
Colossus computer
First computer used for code breaking by the British. -
ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer)
Computer used to solve large number of calculation.First computer to solve large number of numerical problems. A machine built in 1945 by J. Presper Eckert and John W. Mauchly of the Moore School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. -
UNIVAC
Used by the US government for senses. -
IBM ships its Model 701 Machine
IBM sells 19 701s to various workplaces. It is known as the "Defense Calculator", and was rented for $15000 a month. A programmer used the 701 to write the first computer program designed to play checker.First commercial scientific computer. -
HP introduces the HP 2116A
This is HP's first computer. -
Computers
Switched on in late October 1969, the ARPAnet is the first large-scale, general-purpose computer network to connect different kinds of computers together. -
Home game computers
Video game use in the home such as pong. -
Inventing the internet
Early networks successfully connected computers. But different kinds of networks couldn’t link to each other, limiting the size of online communities. So, the next challenge has been creating “networks of networks,” a process called internetworking or internetting. -
QDOS
First operating system other than apple operating system. -
DOS
This operating system Microsoft purchased from Seattle Computer Products and renamed to DOS. -
IBM PC
First mass market computer that uses the Microsoft DOS operating system and extended parts except for BIOS which IBM patented. -
IBM PC Clone
The clone use MS-DOS operating system for Microsoft through reverse engineering they were able to develop their own Bios. -
Apple computer launches Macintosh
When Apple first launched this product it was priced at $2500. -
Windows 1
Introduces Microsoft Windows 1.0 operating system for PC -
Window NT
The next series of Windows Operating System. -
Windows 95
Microsoft major change in operating system that is independent from DOS. -
Windows XP
It is released -
Microsoft releases Windows Vista and Office 2007
Released to the general public -
Windows 7
Microsoft releases Window 7 -
Windows 8
Microsoft releases Windows 8 -
Microsoft Windows 10
Microsoft releases Windows 10 -
Cost of the First computer
No longer devilishly cheap: The first Apple computer, that went on sale for $666, is now expected to fetch £250,000 at auction. One of only six working Apple 1 machines which founder Steve Jobs sold from his parents' garage, is tipped to fetch over £250,000 at auction.
