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Important events in computer history

By keldin

  • Binay System

    Binay System
    Pingla invented the binary system that serves as the foundation of computing systems the world over (300BC)

  • Z1 computer

    Z1 computer
    Konrad Zuse invents Z1 computer, the first freely programmable computer

  • First Transistors

    First Transistors
    John Bardeen, Walter Brattain & William Shockley invent the transistor which greatlty effected the history of computers

  • UNIVAC

    UNIVAC
    John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly, UNIVAC, first commercial computer able to pick presidential winners

  • "The Chip"

    "The Chip"
    Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce, invented the Integrated circuit, aka the chip

  • First Computer mouse

    First Computer mouse
    Douglas Engelbart invented the first mouse to work with windows

  • The Internet

    The Internet
    the original internet

  • First microprocessor

    First microprocessor
    Faggi, Hoff & Mazor, the first microprocessor

  • Birth of a GUI

    Birth of a GUI
    The first home computer with GUI

  • Microsoft VS Apple

    Microsoft VS Apple
    Microsoft begins the friendly war with Apple