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ENIAC, First Large Scale Electronic Computer
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Researchers from Iowa State College develop the first electronic digital computer. ENIAC, the first large scale electronic computer, is built under a US Army contract. -
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SSEM, First Computer Program to run on a Computer
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University of Manchester researchers Frederic Williams, Tom Kilburn, and Geoff Toothill develop the Small-Scale Experimental Machine (SSEM), better known as the Manchester Baby. The Baby was built to test a new memory technology developed by Williams and Kilburn -- soon known as Williams Tube – which was the first electronic random access memory for a computer. -
SEAC and SWAC Completed
<a href='http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/computers/' The Standards Eastern Automatic Computer (SEAC) is the first stored-program computer completed in the United States. It was built in Washington D.C. as a laboratory for testing components and systems and for setting computer standards. It was also the first computer to use all-diode logic, a technology more reliable than vacuum tubes. SWAC was used to create the first computer-scanned image as well as to discover five previously unknown Mersenne prime numbers. -
MIT LINC Introduced
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The LINC is an early and important example of a ‘personal computer,’ that is, a computer designed for only one user. It was designed by MIT Lincoln Laboratory engineer Wesley Clark. -
CDC 6600 supercomputer introduced
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The Control Data Corporation (CDC) 6600 performs up to 3 million instructions per second —three times faster than that of its closest competitor, the IBM 7030 supercomputer. The 6600 retained the distinction of being the fastest computer in the world until surpassed by its successor, the CDC 7600, in 1968. -
Osborne 1 introduced
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Weighing 24 pounds and costing $1,795, the Osborne 1 is the first mass-produced portable computer. Its price was especially attractive as the computer included very useful productivity software worth about $1,500 alone. It featured a 5-inch display, 64 KB of memory, a modem, and two 5.25-inch floppy disk drives. -
Apple Computer launches the Macintosh
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The Macintosh was the first successful mouse-driven computer with a graphical user interface and was based on the Motorola 68000 microprocessor. Its price was $2,500. -
One Laptop Per Child initiative begins
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The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) announces it will create a program to deliver technology and resources to targeted schools in the least developed countries. This came to show the increasing interconnectedness with the world. -
Apple Watch introduced
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The ability to shrink a computers capabilities into a watch drastically increases the publics access to wonderful innovations.
