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Blaise Pascal invented the Pascaline. this only preformed addition, but they never got it to work.
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The first fully-automatic calculating machine, was constructed by British computing pioneer Charles Babbage.
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Herman Hollerith is widely regarded as the father of modern automatic computation. He chose the punched card as the basis for storing and processing information and he built the first punched-card tabulating and sorting machines as well as the first key punch, and he founded the company that was to become IBM. Hollerith's designs dominated the computing landscape for almost 100 years.
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First elctronic computer
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Invented to make computers smaller and less expensive.
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Created a BASiC language interpreter (1975)
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processes data and controls flow of data & directs all activties of the computer.
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first microcomputer
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had spreadsheet, accounting & word processing software and was an instant sucess
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Steve Jobs, chief executive of Apple, unveils the iPhone, which he says is "a revolutionary and magical product that is literally five years ahead of any other mobile phone". Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer calls it "the most expensive phone in the world"
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First Android phone, the G1, launches. It has a slide-out keyboard and limited touchscreen capability.
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Apple launches the iPad, a 10in tablet.
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Apple becomes the largest smartphone vendor by numbers and revenue, selling 18.6m iPhones, just ahead of Samsung's 17.5m, in the year's first quarter. Android becomes the best-selling smartphone platform, with a 36.6% share, ahead of Symbian's 27%. Apple sues Samsung in the US over the appearance of the Galaxy Tab tablet, and follows it up with a string of legal cases around the world claiming infringement of patents and "trade dress". All are ongoing.
