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The first electronic, large-scale, and general pupose computer was called ENIAC. It was a lage machine and was reprogrammable. It helped perform initial calculations for the H bomb and perform other military and scientific calculations.
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Manchester Baby created an altered cathode-ray tube that would store data. This invention dominated the computer feild for years. I included this because the William's Tube was revolutionary and vital for modern computers.
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Around 1951 new technology started being created. Vaccum tubes are electrical and allow electrons to move more freely. The major research and development occured throughout the '50s. I included this because vaccum tubes were used in some other breakthrough computers.
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The first commercial computer was the UNIVAC. There were 46 original UNIVAC's that were developed for business and government use. I included this because it was one the very first commercial computer that was for the public.
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Douglas Engelbart invented the computer moue, and changed computers from machinery that scientists had to be trained to used, to a user-friendly model.
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The first standard metal oxide semiconductor.
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Intel's 8008 microprocessor was shown to the world. It was able to compute lower case letters, upper case letters, all 10 numberals, punctuation, and a variety of other symbols.
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The Apple II had a printed circuit motherboard and was an instant sucess. When the computer was connected to a color T.V. the computer had color graphics.
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It was the first hard disk drive for microcomputers. It held five times as much information as the standard floppy disk at the time, and it was the same size.
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Microsoft announced Multitool and Windows. But Window's wouldn't be produced until 1985.
I think this is important because we use Windows and Word all of the time.
