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J.V Atanasoff and Clifford Berry design a computer that can solve 29 equations simultaneously. This becomes the first computer able to store information it the main memory. Image Citation: https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/553309504194150541/
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Two University of Pennsylvania professors, John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert, build the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator (ENIAC). It became known as the grandfather of digital computers, filling a 20-foot by 40-foot room and with 18,000 vacuum tubes. http://andrewchen.co/photos-of-the-women-who-programmed-the-eniac-wrote-the-code-for-apollo-11-and-designed-the-mac/
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1953: Grace Hopper develops the first computer language, which eventually becomes known as COBOL. Reference/Image Citation:
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The FORTRAN programming language is born. For more information please watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CWobFcPe2M
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Douglas Engelbart shows a prototype of the modern computer, with a mouse and a graphical user interface (GUI). This is the beginning of the evolution of the computer for not only scientists and mathematicians but is now more accessible to the general public. Image Citation: https://www.google.com/search?q=douglas+engelbart+prototype&safe=strict&rlz=1CASMAE_enUS655US670&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=655&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjSjaH1s93NAhVn74MKHYcjD2UQ_AUIBigB#imgrc=fxglTJUj9EQ6MM%3A
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A group of developers at Bell Labs produce an operating system that is later called UNIX. Written in the C programming language, UNIX was portable across multiple platforms and became the operating system of choice among large companies and government entities. Due to the slow nature of the system, it never quite gained acceptance among home PC users. Image Citation: http://cds.cern.ch/record/916840?ln=hr
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Alan Shugart leads a team of IBM engineers who invent the “floppy disk,” allowing data to be shared among computers. Image Citation: https://www.google.com/search?q=alan+shugart+floppy+disk&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwie-42rkdHNAhUQz2MKHeoxBiMQ_AUICSgC&biw=1579&bih=834#imgrc=CK90ojDFM0l-gM%3A
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Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak start Apple Computers and roll out the Apple I, the first computer with a single-circuit board. Reference: http://apple2history.org/history/ah02/
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Apple’s Lisa is the first personal computer with a GUI. It also features a drop-down menu and icons. Eventually this computer evolves into the Macintosh. The Gavilan SC is the first portable computer with the familiar flip form factor and the first to be marketed as a “laptop.” Image Citation: http://www.oldcomputers.net/lisa.html
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Microsoft announces Windows, its response to Apple’s GUI. Image Citation: https://www.google.com/search?q=windows+1.+logo&safe=strict&rlz=1CASMAE_enUS655US670&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=655&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwift5P3rN3NAhWix4MKHUm0BN4Q_AUIBigB#imgrc=dkefxEpM8VdTmM%3A
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Tim Berners-Lee, a researcher at a high-energy physics laboratory in Geneva (CERN), develops Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), giving rise to the World Wide Web.
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Wi-Fi becomes part of the computer language and users begin connecting to the Internet without wires. Image Citation: https://www.google.com/search?q=html&safe=strict&rlz=1CASMAE_enUS655US670&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjymYahrd3NAhUl64MKHbLJAksQ_AUICCgB&biw=1366&bih=655#safe=strict&tbm=isch&q=wifi&imgrc=3TyhkCJHliPJyM%3A
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Apple releases the Mac OS X operating system, which provides protected memory architecture and multi-tasking, among other benefits. Not to be outdone, Microsoft rolls out Windows XP, which has a significantly redesigned GUI. Image Citation: https://www.google.com/search?q=html&safe=strict&rlz=1CASMAE_enUS655US670&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjymYahrd3NAhUl64MKHbLJAksQ_AUICCgB&biw=1366&bih=655#safe=strict&tbm=isch&q=Mac+OS+X+vs+Microsoft+XP&imgrc=xYSeg2Pu6MPRKM%3A
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The iPhone brings many computer functions to the click of a button via the smartphone.
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Apple unveils the iPad, changing the way consumers view media and jump starting the tablet computer segment. Image Citation: https://www.google.com/search?q=ipad+1&safe=strict&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=655&site=webhp&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjOvZCfsN3NAhUrwYMKHWHxB08Q_AUIBygC
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Google releases the Chromebook, a laptop that runs the Google Chrome OS. Image Citation: https://www.google.com/search?q=first+chromebook&safe=strict&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=655&site=webhp&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi4nJ7csN3NAhUD0YMKHSG7CbUQ_AUIBygC#imgrc=Pnql0m56o05XnM%3A
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Reference: History of Computers: A Brief Timeline. (2015, September 15). Retrieved June 30, 2016, from http://www.livescience.com/20718-computer-history.html
