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The Computing-Tabulating-Record Company (CTR) was formed in 1911. The picture shows one of their early product ads. The company sold time and tabulating equipment as well as scales.
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Not only improves speed and accuracy, but also acts as a foundation for further advancements of the tabulation process down the road
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CTR is renamed to IBM. One of IBM's three basic beliefs was to provide the best service to their customers says former Chairman, Thomas J. Watson Jr..
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Used to process standardized tests. The device scored answer sheets marked with special pencils. First in a longline of similar devices that are still in use today.
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The first lab dedicated to pure science research not product development.
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An electromechanical computer built by IBM. It was the first computer that could modify a stored program.
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A computer programming language created in 1957 by John Backus. "In the early 1950's John Backus convinced his managers at IBM to let him put together a team to design a language and write a compiler for it."
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A family of mainframe computer systems.
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The computers accepted data and computed and reported navigation and control information back.
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NASA employed five system/360's for the Apollo 11 mission. The computer calculated the liftoff data for the astronauts.
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Introduced approximately six years before the IBM personal computer. It weighed about 50 pounds.
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Muller and Bednorz of IBM won the Nobel Prize for high temperature conductivity.
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IBM's next mainframe offering. Easier to integrate client/server environments while greatly reducing operating costs.
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IBM launches its Personal Dictation System (IPDS). The system takes dictation and allows users to play back their recording for editing purpose.
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IBM partnered with MIT to create the MIT-IBM Watson AI lab for the sole purpose of enhancing AI.
