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z3 computer
the z3 was build by a German engineer Konrad zuze. this computer uses 2300 relays, performs floating point binary arithmetic, and has a 22-bit word length.
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ERA 1101
The 1101, was built by Remington-Rand but was designed by ERA. This computer was intended for high-speed computing and stored 1 million bits on its magnetic drum.
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SAGE Air defense system: network pioneer
There are 23 computer centers across North America, communicating with radar stations, counter-attack aircraft, and each other-all in real-time, as potentially threatening events are happening. Pioneers many technologies including a special-purpose form of networking.
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CDC 66000 supercomputer
CDC(The Control Data Corporation) 6600 is three times faster than of its closets competitor the IBM 7030 supercomputer. This computer performs up to 3 million instructions per second.
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Apollo guidance computer
This computer read-only rope memory, the rope was made by hand, and was equivalent to 72 KB of storage. this computer was launched into space aboard the Apollo 11 mission, which carried American astronauts to the moon and back.
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arpanet 1st network
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.
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3 1/2-inch floppy drive
Sony introduces the first 3 1/2-inch floppy drives and diskettes in 1981. T he first significant company to adopt the 3 1/2-inch floppy for general use was Hewlett-Packard in 1982.
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apple introduces the Lisa computer
Lisa is the first commercial personal computer with a graphical user interface(GUI). It was thus an important milestone in computing as soon Microsoft windows and the apple Macintosh would soon adopt the GUI as their user interface.
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Compaq introduces the deskpro 386 systm
Compaq beats IBM to the market when it announces the deskpro 386. It is the first computer on the market to use Intel's new 80386 chip, a 32-bit microprocessor with 275,000 transistors on each chip.
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The "WorldWideWeb" is born
At the world's biggest physics laboratory, English programmer and physicist Tim Berners-Lee submits tow proposals for what will become the web. By Christmas of 1990 he has prototype "worldwideweb" in just three months on an advanced NeXT computer.
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WiFi comes home
This is the same year Apple releases its "Airport" Wi-Fi router and builds Wi-Fi connectivity into new Macs. These and other consumer products help popularize cable-free connections at work, in cafes, and at home.
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IBM Microdive
At the time of their introduction , they were the smallest hard drives in the world. They were prone to physical damage from temperature fluctuations and physical shock that other storage media.
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Nvidia releases the Ge-force 256
video applications for personal computers drive demand for increased graphical performance. The GeForce 256 was designed to relieve the pressure on the central processing unit by handling graphics calculations, while the CPU processed non-graphics intensive taskd -
first camera phone introduced
Japan's softbank introduces the first camera phone, the J-phone J-SH04. A sharp manufactured digital phone with integrated camera. -
USB flash drive
These drive consisted of flash memory encased in a small form factor container with a USB interface. They could be used for data storage and in the backing up and transferring of files between various device.
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