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The First Idea of the Difference Engine
An engineer in the Hussan army called J. H. Müller came up with the idea of the Difference Engine in a book he wrote. Sadly, however, he did not recieve any funds for the project. -
Project Starts
Charles Babbage, a mathematician and inventor, has ideas about building a difference engine. -
Project Stops
After giving 17,000 pounds to Babbage without receiving anything, the governmnet decides to end the project. -
More Difference Engines Being Built
Per Georg Scheutz, a Swedish inventor, took interest in Babbages difference engine plans, and starts making his own difference engines. -
Codebreaker Computer Made
In the Second World War, inventors build the worlds first electronic digital computer to carck secret Nazi codes. -
The First General Purpose Computer
The ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer) was the first general purpose computer, able to calculate a wide range of numerical problems. -
The Mouse
The first ever mouse used for computers is created in a university. -
The First Commercial PC is Released
The first ever commercial PC, the Programma 101, is released. -
The First Commercial Laptop is Released
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First Modern PC
The Macintosh 128K is considered one of the most revolutionary PCs in the history of computer technology for many reasons.