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Konrad Zuse started the first algorithm programming language, Plankalkul.
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Presper Ekhert and John Mauchly founded Ekhert-Mauchly Computer Corp. The company was only able to build the machine BINAC.
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At Cambridge University Maurice Wilkes created the very first practical stored-program computer called the EDSAC.
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Remington Rand delivered the UNIVAC I to the United States Census Bureau and was the first commercial computer for widespread attention. Remington sold 46 machines for more than $1 million each.
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Grace Hopper creates the A-0 compiler, this allows the computer to use English words instead of numbers
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The IBM 650 is a magnetic drum calculator which is the first mass produced computer. This computer allowed faster access to stored material.
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Direct keyboard input was starting to be experimented at MIT, closest to todays normal use of the keyboard.
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MATH-MATIC is a new version of Grace Hopper's A-0 compilers, created by Sperry Rand. This was a commericial compiler for UNIVAC.
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ERMA is the Electronis recording Method of Accounting which the Bank of America used for digitalized checking. This created a computer-readable font that would be preprinted on checks.
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The first computer game called Spacewar was created by MIT students Slug Russell, Shag Graetz, and Alan Kotok .
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A way for information to be interchanged was with American Standard Code for Information Interchange, it contains over 128 strings or 1s and 0s which can be used to communicate.
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The HP-75 was created by Hewlett-Parckard and was able to carry out logorithmic and trigometric functions and able to store solutions for use later.
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One of the first successful desktop computers, sold over 10,000 units, and were priced for $599.95.
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Helped speed the growth for the personal computer market and used Microsoft's MS-DOS operating system.
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Apple Computer let the first successful mouse-driven computer out called the Macintosh. The Macintosh included the Motorola 68000 micropocessor along with most of Lisa's features.
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Pixar is founded by Steve Jobs, where he renamed it from Special Effects Computer Group at Lucasfilm to Pixar. Disney then buys it in 2006.
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The World Wide Web is launched by Tim Berners who developed Hyper Text Markup Language (html). He was able to expand the internet using URL and HTTP.
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Yahoo was created by jerry Yang and David Filo. Yahoo was only on two machines, Akebono and Konishiki. But Yahoo quickly became one the most popular search engines.
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Wi-Fi becomes part of the computing language and users begin connecting to the Internet without wires.
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Provides protected memory architecture. and multi-tasking reveiled by Apple,
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Facebook is released and social media becomes popular to consumers. Google Open Social becomes mainstream.
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Apple reveils the ipad which changes the way consumers looked at convenient media, and jump starting the tablet computer.
