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the first mechanical calculator
the German polymath Wilhelm Schickard built the first mechanical calculator. -
the first four function calculator
Gottfried Leibniz built the first four function calculator -
first binary circuit
George Stibitz built the first binary circuit -
Z3
the German engineer Konrad Zuse completed the Z3 the first general electro-mechanic programmable calculator -
Colossus
Colossus a british computer used for codebreaking, became operational by december 1943 -
First transistor
the firts transistor was developed at the Bell Telephone Laboratories -
The Modem
The early modems were used by the US Air Force in the 1950's -
PDP-1
Digital Equipment Corporation launched the PDP-1 the first interactive computer that pioneered the concept of the minicomputer -
the first mouse
Douglas Engelbart, who later patented the first mouse -
intel
Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce founded Intel -
ARPANET
The predecessor to the internet went online -
intel 4004
The intel 4004 was the first commercially available microprocessor made by Federico Faggin -
floppy disk
they became commercially -
The ethernet cable
developed at Xerox PARC -
Microsoft and Altair 8008
Paul Allen and Bill Gates fouded Microsoft, to developed and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8008 -
Cray-1
Seymour Roger Cray presented the most famous commercial supercomputer, the Cray-1 -
Apple Computers
Steve Jobs and Stephan Wozniak formed Apple Computers -
Commodore 64
The Commodore introduced Commodore 64 -
Apple Macintosh
The Apple Macintosh debuted, featuring a simple, graphical interface -
World Wide Web
Tim Berners-Lee developed the World Wide Web. The CERN released the first web server