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Year
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Inventors
Inventions
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Description of Computer History Milestone or Invention
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1936
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Konrad Zuse
Z1
ENTER
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First freely programmable computer.
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1942
|
John Atanasoff & Clifford Berry
ABC
ENTER
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Who was first in the computing biz is not always as easy as ABC.
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1944
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Howard Aiken & Grace Hopper
Harvard Mark I
ENTER
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The Harvard Mark 1 computer.
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1946
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John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly
ENIAC 1
ENTER
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20,000 vacuum tubes later....
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1948
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Frederic Williams & Tom Kilburn
Manchester Baby & Williams Tube
ENTER
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Baby and the Williams Tube turn on the memory.
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1947/48
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John Bardeen, Walter Brattain & Wiliam Shockley
The Transistor
ENTER
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No, a transistor is not a computer, but this invention greatly
affected the history of computers.
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1951
|
John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly
UNIVAC
ENTER
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First commercial computer & able to pick presidential winners.
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1953
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International Business Machines
IBM 701 EDPM
ENTER
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IBM enters into
'The History Of Computers'.
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1954
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John Backus & IBM
FORTRAN
ENTER
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The first successful high level programming language.
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1958
|
Jack Kilby
& Robert Noyce
Integrated Circuit
ENTER
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Otherwise known as 'The Chip'
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1962
|
Steve Russell
& MIT
Spacewar
ENTER
|
The first computer game invented.
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1964
|
Douglas Engelbart
Computer Mouse
& Windows
ENTER
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Nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end.
|
|
1969
|
ARPAnet
ENTER
|
The original
Internet.
|
|
1970
|
Intel 1103
ENTER
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The world's first available dynamic RAM chip.
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1971
|
Faggin, Hoff & Mazor
Intel 4004
ENTER
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The first microprocessor.
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1971
|
Alan Shugart
&IBM
The "Floppy" Disk
ENTER
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Nicknamed the "Floppy" for its' flexibility.
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1973
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Robert Metcalfe & Xerox
The Ethernet
ENTER
|
Networking.
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1974/75
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Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair & IBM 5100
ENTER
|
The first consumer computers.
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1976/77
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Apple I, II & TRS-80 &Commodore Pet
ENTER
|
More first consumer computers.
|
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1978
|
Dan Bricklin & Bob Frankston
VisiCalc Spreadsheet
ENTER
|
Any product that pays for itself in two weeks is a surefire winner.
|
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1979
|
Seymour Rubenstein & Rob Barnaby
WordStar
ENTER
|
Word Processors.
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1981
|
IBM
The IBM PC
ENTER
|
From an "Acorn"
grows a personal computer revolution
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1981
|
Microsoft
MS-DOS
ENTER
|
From "Quick And Dirty" comes the operating system of the century.
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1983
|
Apple Lisa
ENTER
|
The first home computer with a GUI, graphical user interface.
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1984
|
Apple MacIntosh
ENTER
|
The more affordable home computer with a GUI.
|
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1985
|
Microsoft Windows
ENTER
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Microsoft begins the friendly war with Apple.
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SERIES
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TO BE
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CONTINUED
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