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Punch Card System
Herman Hollerith designs a punch card system to read the 1880 census. -
Professor J.V. Atanasoff
Professor J.V. Atanasoff of physics and mathematics attempts to build the first computer without gears, cams, belts or shafts. -
Mathematics Computer
Professor J.V. Atanasoff and one of this graduate student, Clifford Berry design a computer that can solve 29 equations at the same time. -
First Computer Launguage
Grace Hopper develops the first computer language, which eventually becomes known as COBOL. -
FORTRAN
The FORTRAN progamming language is born. -
First Computer Chip
Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce unveil the first computer chip. -
Mouse and GUI
Douglas Engelbart shows a prototype of the modern computer, with a mouse and a graphical user interface, or GUI. -
Floppy Disk
Alan Shugart and a team of IBM engineers inevent the "floppy disk." -
Ethernet
Robert Metcalfe, a reasearch member for the company Xerox, develpos Ethernet. -
Apple I
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak start Apple Computers on April 1at and invent Apple I, the first computer with a single-circuit board. -
First IBM Computer
The first IBM computer is introduced. It uses Microsoft’s MS-DOS operating system and carries and Intel chiop plus two floppy disks. -
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft anounces Windows. -
Wi-Fi
The term Wi-Fi becomes part of the computing language and users begin connecting to the internet without wires. -
The PlayStation 2
Sony releases the PlayStation 2 -
IPhone
The IPhone brings many computer functions to the smartphone.
