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The Complex Number Calculator is Completed
George Stibitz designed the CNC and it was completed in 1939, but was demonstrated/ revealed in 1940. It was revealed at an American Mathematical Conference held at Dartmouth College. He stunned everyone by performing mathematical equations remotely.
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The Atanasoph-Berry Computer is Completed
Professor John Vincent Atanasoff, who received funds to build a full scale machine after successfully demonstrating his prototype in 1949, finished building the computer this year. He built the computer with the help of his assistant Clifford E. Berry. When they finished, they had built the worlds first electrical computer. -
EDSAC Was Built
The electronic delay storage automatic calculator was an early british computer which was a stored program computer, used mercury delay line memory. It was inspired by John von Neumann's seminal First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC. It was built by Maurice Wilkes and his team at the University of Cambridge Mathematical Laboratory in England.
Source: http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/1949/#169ebbe2ad45559efbc6eb3572054356 -
ERA 1101 Introduced
It was one of the first commercially produced computers, the company´s first customer was the US Navy. The 1101 was designed by ERA but built by Remington-Rand and was intended for high-speed computing and stored 1 million bits on its magnetic drum, one of the earliest magnetic storage devices and a technology which ERA had done much to perfect in its own laboratories.
Source: http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/computers/#169ebbe2ad45559efbc6eb35720b2658 -
USSR Launches Sputnik (*•̀ᴗ•́*)و ̑̑
USSR launched Sputnik into space during the Space Race. Sputnik was the first satellite launched into orbit, so with it came a lot of new opportunities. The biggest and most impactful of those was the opening of a door to global communications.
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FORTRAN is Developed
An IBM team led by John Backus developed fortran, a programming language that reads similarly to english using english like statements. Some programmers didn't think that FORTRAN would be as efficient as hand coding but they were proved wrong when FORTRAN proved it could generate efficient code. FORTRAN is still in use today. -
The First Video Game is Invented
In 1958 William Higinbotham created what is thought to be the first video game. It was just a simple tennis game, and was a big hit at a Brookhaven National Laboratory open house.
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ARPANET is Created
ARNANET was the first ever computer to establish computer to computer link. it was operated by the military for two decades until 1990. Contrary to claims, it was not started to create a Command and Control System that would survive a nuclear attack, it was made out frustration about research comp inaccessibility
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The First Videogame Console Released
In 1972 the first ever home video console, The Magnavox Odyssey, was released. Before that people had to play video games on massive vector display computers.
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Apple was founded
Steve jobs and Steve Wozniak, two college drop outs, founded apple in 1976. The founding of apple changed the way people viewed computers, and they succeeded in their vision of making computers small enough to have in homes and offices.
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The first IBM personal computer is introduced.
The first IBM personal computer, code-named “Acorn,” is introduced. It used Microsoft’s MS-DOS operating system and had an Intel chip, two floppy disks and an optional color monitor. Sears & Roebuck and Computerland sold the machines, marking the first time a computer is available through outside distributors. It also popularized the term pc.
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The First Smartphone ever prototype is realeased
In 1992 the first smartphone, The IBM Simon, was released to the public as a prototype. Two years later the handset was released in the U.S. for $899 on a 2-year contract or $1099 without commitment.
Source: http://www.phonearena.com/news/Did-you-know-what-was-the-first-smartphone-ever_id58842 -
Google is Established
Google was established in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergy Brin. The process of establishing google began when Page enrolled in Stanford University 1995, and after going into the subject of the World Wide Web for his thesis. With the help of Brin he created google, originally named PageRank in Backrub, later changed to google.
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Bluetooth Version 1
The bluetooth SIG was officially formed with five companies (Ericsson, Nokia, Intel, Toshiba, and IBM) in 1998 and version one of the technology was launched a year later. By 2005 version 2 was ratified, SIG welcomed its 4,000th member and shipments had reached 5 million per week.
Source: https://www.nordicsemi.com/eng/News/ULP-Wireless-Update/A-short-history-of-Bluetooth -
Tumblr is created
In 2007 David Karp created Tumblr, a short blogging platform. He created it because he "wanted something much more free-form, much less verbose.” He also felt that blogs today were way too complicated. It's been owned by yahoo! since 2013.
Sources: https://techcrunch.com/2011/02/21/founder-stories-why-david-karp-started-tumblr-blogs-dont-work-for-most-people/
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Instagram is created
Instagram was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger in 2010. One of the reasons why they made Instagram is because "Mobile photos always come out looking mediocre. [while their] awesome looking filters transform your photos into professional-looking snapshots."
Source: https://www.instagram.com/about/faq/
