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ENIAC
The ENIAC was the first compuetr built by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert for the war effort,but was delivered to the army only after the end of the war.The ENIAC was 150 feet wide with 20 banks of flashing lights.columbia.edu -
Telefunken Rollkugel
The Telefunken Rollkugel was considered to be one of the first computer mouse's that released back in 1968.It was a simple device that influenced the later generations of the computer mouse.Wikipedia -
ARPANET
The ARPANET was created during the cold war and was the first network that used the TCP/IP protocol.It used packet switching and developed into the internet in 1982.livinginternet -
Computer Monitor
The computer monitor started as light bulbs that would indicate if something was on off. It would later use cathode ray tubes and it would eventually evolve into what we see today.Wikipedia -
Floppy Disk
The Floppy Disk was developed in the late 1960's and became available in 1971.They were 8 inch disk and got dirty easily, and were seen as the first type of memory.Wikipedia -
Intel 4004
The Intel 4004 was the first Microprocessor made by Intel, The chip design started in April 1970, and it was completed in January 1971.It was the first commercially available microprocessor.Wikipedia -
ALOHAnet
ALOHAnet was seen as the first version of WiFi back in 1971 when it was developed at the university of hawaii.Its invention would eventually lead to the creation of WiFi in 1985.Wikipedia -
Altair 8800
The Altair 8800 was considered to be one of the worlds first Personal Computers when it released in 1975 and cost $439.It was designed by Ed Roberts and could use an Intel 880 CPU for $75.oldcomputers.net -
Apple 1
The Apple 1 was released in 1976 and was built and designed by Steve Wozniak and was the first Apple computer. It would sell for $500, but cost $1000 to produce.Wikipedia -
Osborne 1
The Osborne 1 was the first laptop invented by Adam Osborne in 1981 and cost $1,795.This laptop would eventually influence the later laptops that would be created. oldcomputers.net -
Model M Keyboard
The Model M Keyboard was one of the first keyboards to come with a computer in 1984.It is seen as a timeless and durable piece of hardware.Wikipedia -
Windows 1.0
The Windows 1 was the first Microsoft computer that was released in November 20th,1985. And even with early positive reviews, it would end up having bad critic reviews.It was important because it introduced the Microsoft Windows line.
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Google
Google is known as the worlds greatest search engine ever created It was originally a research project in 1996 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Google would eventually be sold to Microsoft.
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Bluetooth
Bluetooth was invented in 1998 by Ericsson, Intel, Nokia, Toshiba and IBM coming together.It would start of slow, but would later reach great success.reference -
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000
The Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 was the first terabyte hard drive available and released sometime in 2007.It has a five platter drive that stores 200GB a piece.PCWorld
