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The first electronic computer is built in Japan. This is the computer that would soon evolve into the UNIVAC.
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IBM creates the first hard drive. The amount of storage it holds is 5 MB, which is very small now but back in the 50's was really impressive. This hard drive cost over a million american dollars.
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Gordon Moore comes up with a theory that the complextion of computer intergrated circuts would double each year. This later become the well known Moore's Law
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The Floppy Disk storage device is first introduced. Now, transportable storage can be used.
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Texas Instruments makes and sells their very first pocket calculator which will evolve into the best calculators in the present.
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William (Bill) Gates and Paul Allen bring the BASIC complier to MITS. They start what will become the Microsoft Company.
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Steve Jobs and Stephan Wozinac build their first computer in Steve Jobs's parent's garage. The computer is called Apple and is what will start the Apple Company.
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A boy named Micheal Dell starts making computers in his collage dorm. He will soon grow and found the Dell Computers Company.
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In 1989 Microsoft realeases Word for Windows. Now people can type documents and save them directly on their computer.
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Toy Story is the first ever fully computer animated movie created. This opens up a big future in computer animation.
