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First computer mouse
Invented by Douglas Engelbart the computer mouse would not become hugely popular for a long time but it is one of the main pieces of hardware that we use with computers today. -
First touch screen
Many laptops and nearly every cell phone have a touch screen. Invented by E.A Johnson it's a big way that we interface with computers so the fact that a very primitive version of the technology was came up with nearly 60 years ago is crazy. -
Programma 101
Programma 101 was the first commercially available computer, a very simple calculator. It was priced at $32,000 yikes! -
First programming language
Simula the first programming language developed by Ole-Johan Dahl and Kristen Nygaard has concepts that are still used in programs today! -
Unix
In 1969 the most powerful operating system of the day was made, a group of employees at AT&T made this happen, could have been on a larger scale if not having been scrapped by the companies it was being produced for, Unix was the result of the principles the larger OS ran on before it was abandoned.