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CHARLES BABBAGE
DESIGNED THE FIRST AUTOMATIC CALCULATOR CALCULATOR WAS NEVER ACTUALLY BUILT -
Herman Hollerith
CREATED A TABULATING MACHINE THAT WAS USED BY THE US CENSUS BUREAU -
Z1 computer
MECHANICAL COMPUTER/CALCULATOR
FIRST COMPUTER TO INCLUDE MEMORY -
Eniac
The first successful high-speed electronic digital computer
IT WAS BIG AND CLUMSY, USED 18000 VACUUM TUBES -
1st generation computers
UNIVAC WAS CONSIDERED THE 1ST GENERATION
LAST TO USE VACUUM TUBES TO STORE DATA -
2nd generation computers
TRANSISTOR WAS CONSIDERED 2ND GENERATION
USED IN RADIOS AND PHONES -
Univac
FIRST COMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL DIGITAL COMPUTER
USED TO SUCCESSFULLY PREDICT A PRESIDENTIAL RACE -
Jack Kilby
INVENTED THE FIRST INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
ENABLED SMALLER AND LIGHTER COMPUTERS -
3rd generation computers
INTEGRATED CIRCUIT COMPUTERS WERE CONSIDERED 3RD GENERATION
ENABLED COMPUTERS TO BE SMALLER AND LIGHTER -
BASIC
FIRST HIGH LEVEL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
MADE AT DARTMOUTH -
4th generation computers
FIRST MICROPROCESSOR INTRODUCED BY INTEL
FIRST CPU -
Introduction of the GUI
XEROX WAS THE FIRST GUI
INTRODUCED WYSIWYG, FIRST TO USE A MOUSE/NETWORK -
Altair computer
THE FIRST PERSONAL COMPUTER -
Steve Jobs
INVENTED THE APPLE COMPUTER
PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR ATARI -
Apple II
ONE OF THE FIRST HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL MICROCOMPUTERS
MANUFACTURED IN TEXAS/CA -
WordStar
ONE OF THE FIRST WORD PROCCESSING PROGRAMS
EASILY PORTED BETWEEN OS -
Visicalc
THE FIRST SPREADSHEET PROGRAM
TRANSFORMED THE MICROCOMPUTER FROM A HOBBY TO A SERIOUS BUSINESS TOOL -
Osborne computer
THE FIRST PORTABLE COMPUTER
COULD FIT UNDER A PLANE SEAT AND SURVIVE FALLS -
Bill Gates
WROTE MS-DOS FOR HIS MICROSOFT COMPUTERS
STARTED MICROSOFTS REIGN -
PageMaker
ONE OF THE FIRST PUBLISHING PROGRAMS
RELIED ON A GUI -
EXCEL
ONE OF THE FIRST SPREADSHEET PROGRAMS
INITIALLY RELEASED FOR THE MAC -
Mosaic
FIRST INTERNET BROWSER TO ALLOW MULTIMEDIA
INCREASED TRAFFIC 350% -
Netscape
ONE OF THE FIRST WEB BROWSERS
LOST OUT AND EVENTUALLY BOUGHT BY IE
