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Technology Timeline
(https://www.livescience.com/20718-computer-history.html)
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First Calculating Computer
In 1910, Henry Babbage, Charles Babbage's youngest son, was able to complete a portion of this machine and perform basic calculations. -
Differential Analyzer
At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Vannevar Bush invents and builds the Differential Analyzer, the first large-scale automatic general-purpose mechanical analog computer, according to Stanford University.
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Z1 computer
This is the first electromechanical binary programmable computer and the first functional modern computer.
http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/6170/Zuse-Z1-built-by-Konrad-Zuse/ -
The Turing Machine
The Turing machine was first proposed by Alan Turing in 1936 and became the foundation for theories about computing and computers. The machine was a device that printed symbols on paper tape in a manner that emulated a person following a series of logical instructions. Without these fundamentals, we wouldn't have the computers we use today.
About Alan (https://www.livescience.com/29483-alan-turing.html) -
The First Digital Electronic Computer In The U.S.
Atanasoff and his graduate student, Clifford Berry, design the first digital electronic computer in the U.S., called the Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC). This marks the first time a computer is able to store information on its main memory, and is capable of performing one operation every 15 seconds, according to the book "Birthing the Computer" -
Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator
Two professors at the University of Pennsylvania, John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert, design and build the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator (ENIAC). The machine is the first "automatic, general-purpose, electronic, decimal, digital computer," according to Edwin D. Reilly's book "Milestones in Computer Science and Information Technology" -
First Electric Switch (No Vacuum)
William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain of Bell Laboratories invent the transistor. They discover how to make an electric switch with solid materials and without the need for a vacuum.
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EDSAC
A team at the University of Cambridge develops the Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator (EDSAC), "the first practical stored-program computer," according to O'Regan. "EDSAC ran its first program in May 1949 when it calculated a table of squares and a list of prime numbers."
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UNIVAC
Mauchly and Presper leave the University of Pennsylvania and receive funding from the Census Bureau to build the UNIVAC, the first commercial computer for business and government applications.
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Integrated Circuit
Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce unveil the integrated circuit, known as the computer chip. He also won a Nobel prize.
(https://www.livescience.com/16362-nobel-prize-physics-list.html) -
First Computer Mouse
Douglas Engelbart reveals the first ever computer mouse.
(https://dougengelbart.org/content/view/209/) -
Ethernet
Robert Metcalfe, a member of the research staff for Xerox, develops Ethernet for connecting multiple computers and other hardware.
https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/ethernet-the-definitive/1565926609/ch01.html -
Altair 8080
Altair 8080 as the "world's first minicomputer kit to rival commercial models. -
Apple I
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak co-found Apple Computer on April Fool's Day. They unveil Apple I, the first computer with a single-circuit board and ROM (Read Only Memory), according to MIT.(https://www.livescience.com/16442-visionary-science-steve-jobs.html) -
The iPad
The iPad, Apple's flagship handheld tablet, is unveiled. -
Chromebook
Google releases the Chromebook, which runs on Google Chrome OS.
