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Vannevar Bush
Vannevar Bush develops a partly electronic Difference Engine. This was very important because it took a huge step in being able to build a digital circuit. -
Hewlett-Packard is Founded
David Packard and Bill's first product was the HP 200A Audio Oscillator. It helped make sound effects and Walt Disney had ordered 8 of them in order to make Fantasia with many sound effects. -
John Mauchly and J.
In February, the public got to look at the ENIAC (electronic numerical integrator and computer) for the first time. It was a machine that could operate at a speed of 5,000 per second. It was huge because it was the first electronic digital computer. -
Jay Forrester
He put the first magnetic core memory in a computer. This completely changed how computers worked because it is was caused computers to be reliable, faster, and easier to make. -
Wesley Clark
The LINC (Laboratory Instrumentation Computer) gave the first real time laboratory data processing. -
ARPAnet
The original internet was created. This was very important because this was the creation of something completely knew and it gave the ability to help others, worldwide, through a system. -
Faggin, Hoff & Mazor
The first microprocessor was created. This was very important because it was the very brain of a computer. It was what read, wrote, and understood the computer. -
Seymour Rubenstein & Rob Barnaby
WordStar software created word processors. This was and important program because people were able to use it as way to save notes, essays, papers, etc., on their computers. -
Apple Lisa Computer
The very home computer with a GUI, graphical user interface. This was very important because it helped people be able to visually see what the computer was "talking" about and not have to try to understand all of the lanugae of the computer. It made it very helpful for everyone. -
Microsoft and IBM
Microsoft and IBM stop working with each other. They stopped working with each other because they wanted to develop their own operating systems. This was important in Computer History because it made them become less friendly to each other and they grew very far apart over time.
