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Charles Babbage
The first attempt at creating a computer was made. Funded by the english government Charles Babbage unsuccesfuly tried to create a steam powered machine that can decipher tables and numbers. -
Herman Hollerith
Herman designed a punch card system that could calculate the 1880 census in three years. e saved the government 5 million dollars and created IBM. -
Z1
Konrad Zuse created the Z1 computer in 1936. This was the first computer because it was completely programmable. -
J.V. Atanasoff and his graduate student
Atanasoff and one of his students created the first computer able to solve 29 equations simutaneously. -
The ENIAC
On June 5, 1943 the construction conteact was signed to make the ENIAC. When it was finished,the Electronic Numerical Integrater And calculator, the grandfather of computers, filled a 20 by 40 foot room with about 17,468 vacuum tubes -
Mauchly and Presper
Mauchly and Presper left the University of Pennsylvania after recieving funding from the Cencus Bureau to build the UNIVAC -
The first computer language
Grace Hopper created the frst computer language known as COBOL -
FORTRAN
FORTRAN programming langauge is born. FORTRAN was used for science computing and engineering -
The Integrated Circuit
Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce invent the integrated circuit, A.K.A. the computer chip -
The mouse and GUI
Douglas Englebart creates a prototype of the modern computer with a mouse and Graphical User Interface, or GUI. This makes computers more accessible to the general public. -
The "floppy" disc
Alan Shugart and a team of IBM workers create the ever-loved, "floppy" disc -
The ethernet
Robert Metcalfe, a member of Xerox, creates ethernet to connect multiple devices at once -
The first Dot-com
The first dot-com was symbolics.com and was created on March 15, 1985 -
PC Games
PCs become gaming devices as many games come out to the market. -
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi becomes a well-known term for computers. This allows you to connect to the internet without wires
