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One of the first digital computers able to solve numeric equations. Invented by John Mauchly and J. Presper Ecket
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The Transistor was made by a telephone company, it wasnt necessarily a computer itself but it was a needed component. Invented by the three men named William Shockley, John Bardeen, and Walter Houser Brattain
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The very first computer chip made "The Integrated Circuit" was made by Jack KIlby and Robert Noyce. A computer chip can store a computers memory and logic for circuitry for microprocessors.
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Douglas Engelbart invented the computer mouse. He called it the mouse because the cord came out the back like a tail.
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The very first banking computer used magnetic inc character recognition to read checks.
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Video games were first invented in 1958 as a simple tennis game which was not as classic at the 1970's game called pong.
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International Business Machines came out with their very first computer.
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The first personal computers were made in 1974-1977 and were delivered in kits.
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Bill Gates worked with Paul Allen to develop the software BASIC for the Altair 8800.
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The internet was first created in 1969 mainly for military use only, but then was released to the public in the 1980's.
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Microsoft Works was introduced in 1987 and eventually was discontinued because of server flaws.
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Over 45 Million Computers in the United States are in use!
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IBM and Microsoft stop working together to make operating systems.
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The world wide web was released in 1991 but was not really cared for because the people didn't even know what internet was.
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Apple chairman John Sculley coins the term personal digital assistant to refer to handheld computers.
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In 1993 there are 50 World Wide Web Servers known to exist!
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Microsoft makes a software that is compatible with IBM which helped people come into more awareness of the program.
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Java was first released in 1995 developed originally by James gosling and was a core component of Sum Microsystems java's platform.
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Yahoo as a search engine and a E-Mail is created in 1994
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Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Serge Brin and is now one of the most used search engines in the world!
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Xbox was first invented in 2001 by Microsoft
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In 2002 their was more than 1 billion computers sold
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In 2005 Ebay acquires Skype
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Skype announces in 2006 that they have over 100 million users
