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UNIVAC 1,UNIVersal Automatic Computer
The first commercial, general-purpose computer designed for business. It’s design to replaced the punched-card accounting machine and it was among the first to use a magnetic tape to collect and store data. The computer caught the public attention when to used to predict the presidential election in the 1950s. -
Solar Cell
The first solar cell was invented by Bell Labs. It’s the first silicon cells that able to convert the energy in sunlight into electricity at about 6% efficiency. -
Hard Disk
The first hard disk was an external storage device as it's too large to be incorporated into a computer. It can safely store any information regardless if the computer is switched off. It’s invented by IBM and Reynolds Johnson -
FORTRAN
FORTRAN, a programming language known as Formula Translation was invented by John Backus. This creation marked the development of modern day programming language as the language combined English shorthand with algebraic equations. -
Microchip
The microchip was invented by Jack Kilby. It consisted of one transistor, compared to the current day microchip which have over 100 millions transistors. This is important for program logic and for computer memory.