Computer History

By 19lawe3

  • The first computers

    Victorian men were the first computers. They were soon replaced because they made mistakes.
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    Computer History

  • Frances Joseph-Marie Jacquard completes his fully automated loom that is programmed by punched cards.

  • Charles Babbage created the difference engine

  • The first phone was made. It was invented by Alexander Graham Bell.

  • The Turing Machine was made

    The Turing Machine was made to crack German war codes during World War II

  • The Colossus was made by Thomas Flowers

    The Colossus was made by Thomas Flowers to help the British crack codes

  • Thomas Watson predicted that the world might need 5 computers

  • The ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer) was made. It was made to do maths.

  • Transistors were created. They were made by William Shockley, Walter House Brattain and John Bardeen. Transistors replaced valves, which meant that less space was needed for computers.

  • The Silicon chip was made by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce

  • The first touch screen item was made. It was created by E.A. Johnson

  • Xerox Parc was founded.

    Xerox Parc is a company that created Screens with icons, laser printers, disks, mouses, laptops, emails and networking and more

  • The internet was created.

  • The IPad was invented. It was made by Apple Inc.

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