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Invention of the Difference Engine
The Difference Engine was a room-sized Computer designed by Charles Babbage as a Calculator. While the British Government gave him Funding, the Engine's finer Parts found to be too expensive to make on a larger Scale. -
Invention of Punchcards
Punchcards are a simple Way of storing Data, being card stock Pieces with Holes punched in to represent individual Bits. They were invented alongside the Tabulating Machine, an early Counting Machine. They were used in 1890 to help count for the US Census. The Machine proved to be a Success, also being used in Accounting. His company, the Tabulating Machine Company, was merged into the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, which eventually was renamed to IBM. -
Hewlett-Packard is formed
Hewlett-Packard is a Company that produces a Myriad of Computer Hardware and Printers. It was founded in 1939 in a Garage in California, where their first successful Product was an Oscillator, which was purchased by Disney for Fantasia (1940) -
Invention of the Stored-Program Computer
A Stored-Program Computer is a Computer that stores Programs & Instructions separately, allowing for one Computer to do multiple Tasks, unlike other Computers built for a singular Purpose. Alan Turing, the Man known for deciphering the Enigma Cipher during WWII, was recruited by the National Physical Laboratory to design a Computer: The Automatic Computing Engine. -
The Creation of COBOL
COBOL is a Programming Language designed by the Conference on Data Systems Languages (CODASYL) to solve the Problems of Compatability with other Computers and Ease Of Use, as COBOL was designed to read like English. -
Invention of the Mouse
Douglas Engelbert designed a new Pointing Device to replace the Trackball. The Way the Mouse originally works was essentially an upside-down Trackpad, with a Ball rolling against two Axes as you move it across the Table. This design of Mouse is called a Mechanical Mouse. -
The Apple I Computer releases
The Apple I was a hobbyist Computer Kit designed by Steve Wozniak. It was a Package with the Chips and Boards needed to build the Computer, with an Expansion coming with a BASIC Interpreter, allowing BASIC Programming to be done cheaper than ever before -
Windows 1.0 releases
Windows 1.0 is a basic GUI for DOS. This allowed for easier Use of Computers, using more straightforward Graphics to represent Functions rather than memorizing and inputting abstract Commands. -
Invention of the World Wide Web
In 1989, Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web while working at CERN. He also invented the HTML Markup Language, allowing for more detailed Webpages. -
Wi-Fi is introduced
IEEE 802.11 (Brand Name "Wi-Fi") is a wireless Protocol allowing the Connection of LAN Devices without Cables. -
The first iPhone is released
The iPhone is a brand of Smartphone released by Apple. It was revolutionary for the Time, with a Touchscreen Interface unlike the physical Keyboards and Buttons of other Phones on the Market. It utilized skeuomorphic Design to introduce People into the Idea of touching the UI by making it resemble real Buttons and Switches. -
The first Chromebook begins shipping
The Chromebook is a Brand of Laptop released by Google. It is lightweight in both OS and Hardware, making them cheap and affordable for Schools and Businesses -
The first Generation of Apple Watch is released
The Apple Watch is a Brand of Smartwatch produced by Apple. It was designed to be a "Companion" to the iPhone, with most Features needing to be being directly linked to iOS to function.