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BARK
Year - 1950
Invention - Binär Aritmetisk (Automatisk) Relä-Kalkylator
Inventor - Conny Palm, Harry Freese, Gösta Neovius, Olle Karlqvist, Carl-Erik Fröberg, G. Kellberg, Björn Lind, Arne Lindberger, P. Petersson and Madeline Wallmark.
Description - An early computer built using telephone switching technology. This device was able to perform addition calculations in 150 milliseconds, and multiplication equations were completed in 250 milliseconds. -
UNIVAC I
Date: 1991
Invention: UNIVAC I (Universal Automatic Computer)
Principal Inventors: J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly
Description: The first American computer designed for commercial business usage with simple arithmetic instead of advanced calculations done by other large computers of the time. -
IBM 650
Date - 1954
Invention - IBM 650
Inventor - IBM
Description - The first mass produced and comparibly inexpensive computer system. Over 2000 installation were completed. -
First Transistor Computer
Date - 1954
Invention - Transistor computer
Inventor - Standard Telephones and Cables Ltd.
Description - Referred to as a second-generation computer, this prototype used transistors instead of phone relays or vacuum tubes, which resulted in a decrease in heat generated. -
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FORTRAN
Date - 1954 through 1957
Invention - FORTRAN
Inventor - John Backus / IBM
Description - This was the first high-level programming language that was invented and is still used and studied today for scientific programming