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History of computers
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First
Charles Babbage devised the first mechanical computer -
John V. Atanasoff
John V. Atanasoff devised the first digital electronic computer -
ABC prototype
Atanasoff and Clifford Berry came up with the ABC prototype. -
Z Machines
The electromechanical Z machines by Konrad Zuse proved being an important step in the evolution of computers. -
Mini Computer
DEC launched the first mini computer known as PDP-8 -
ARPANET
The US Department of Defense founded the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET). It was established with intent to develop a computer network and is the predecessor of the Internet. -
Alto Reseatch
Researchers at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center came up with Alto, which was the first workstation with an inbuilt mouse. It had a fair amount of storage capacity and offered menus and icons. It could also connect to a network. -
We are now online
Altair came up with the first portable computer. The foundation of the present-day relationship between portability and computing was laid way back in 1975! Tandem computers, the first computers with online transaction processing capacities were born during this period. -
ANSI
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) was founded. It was during the same year that the first 32-bit chip was introduced by Hewlett-Packard. -
ANSI
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) was founded. It was during the same year that the first 32-bit chip was introduced by Hewlett-Packard. -
www.com
The World Wide Web was born. Tim Berners-Lee, a researcher at CERN, developed HTML. He came up with specifications such as URL and HTTP. He based the World Wide Web on enquiry-based system that used hypertext and enabled people to collaborate over a network. His first web server and browser became available to the public.