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The Creation of ENIAC
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Was primarily created to calculate artillery firing tables for the United States Army's Ballistc Research Laboratory. It had a speed on the order of one-thousand times faster than average electro-mechanical machines at the time. -
Programming Language Plankalkül
Wikipedia This was the first high-level non-von Neumann programming language to be designed for a computer. It was created by Konrad Zuse, who also created the first programmable computer -
John Mauchly's Short Code (programming)
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Short Code was one of the first high-level languages ever created for an electronic computer. Short Code represented mathematic expressions rather than machine instruction. However, the process took much longer then the machine code. -
Invention of the UNIVAC I
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The UNIVAC I was the first commercial computer produced in the United States. It was designed by the creators of the ENIAC. One of the machines was used by CBS to predict the result of the 1952 presidential election. -
Autocode (programming)
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The FLOW-MATIC
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The FLOW-MATIC was an early programming langauge designed for the UNIVAC I . This was the first English-like data processing langauge. Flow-matic was a big influence in the creation of COBOL, a programming langauge. -
Invention of the PDP-8
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The PDP-8 was the first successful commercial minicomputer. The earliest PDP-8 model used diode-transistor logic, packaged on flip cards, and was about the size of a small household refridgerator. -
Creation of Simula
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Simula is considered the first object-oriented programming langauge. It was designed for doing simulations, and has been used in a wide variety of applications such as VSLI designs, process models, protocols, algorithims, and other applications. -
Arpanet - First Internet Invented
Wikipedia The Arpanet was the first network and was developed by U.S. Department of Defense. The network eventually turned into today's Internet and used TCP/IP protocol, which we still use today. -
Invention of the Kenbak-1
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The Kenbak-1 was the world's first "personal computer". Only 40 machines of the Kenbak-1 were ever made, and only 10 are known to exist to this day. In 1973, production stopped because the Kenbak Corporation folded. -
The TCP/IP
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The TCP/IP also known as the Internet Protocol Suite, is the computer networking model and set of communications protocols used on the Internet and similar computer networks. TCP/IP provides end-to-end connectivity specifying how data should be packetized, addressed, transmitted, routed, and received at the destination. -
Invention of the Osborne 1
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The Osborne 1 was the first ever portable computer, which weighed 24 pounds. It had a 5-inch display and 64 kilobyte memory. It also had a modem and two 5 1/4-inch floppy disk drives -
Creation of the PlayStation
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The Playstation was the first video game console to ship 100 million units, 9 years and 6 months after its initial launch. It was a part of the 5th generation of video gaming consoles, competing against the Sega Saturn and the Nintendo 64. -
Invention of Original Xbox
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The original Xbox was created by Microsoft. It is a console to play games, steaming, and online gaming. It reached over 24 million units sold as of may 10, 2006. Microsoft's second console, the Xbox 360, was released in 2005 and has sold over 77.2 million copies.Their newest console, the Xbox One, was revealed on May 21, 2013. -
Creation of the Nindento DS
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The Nintendo DS is a dual-screen handheld system developed by Nintendo. It has two LCD screens working in tandem, in which the bottom screen is a touch screen, a built in microphone, and support for wireless connectivity. This was meant to compliment the GameBoy Advance and the GameCube. It is able to play GameBoy Advance games and Nintendo DS games.
