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Alan Turing develops the concept of a theoretical computing machine. This is important because this is the start of the computer histroy.
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Bell Telephone Laboratories completed this calculator. It was the first demonstartion of remote access computing. This is ignifacnt because calculators are really important in todays techology.
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Norbert Wiener published "Cybernetics," a major influence on later research into artificial intelligence. This is important because robots are very helpful.
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On election night, November 4, CBS News borrowed a UNIVAC to make a scientific prediction of the outcome of the race for the presidency between Dwight D. Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson. This is important so it can keep viewrs attached to cbs.
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Felker and Harris program TRADIC, AT&T Bell Laboratories announced the first fully transistorized computer, TRADIC. It contained nearly 800 transistors instead of vacuum tubes. This is important because the computers are developing into greater technology!
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UNIMATE, the first industrial robot, began work at General Motors. Obeying step-by-step commands stored on a magnetic drum, the 4,000-pound arm sequenced and stacked hot pieces of die-cast metal. This is important because robots are really important today.
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Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp. built the first standard metal oxide semiconductor product for data processing applications, an eight-bit arithmetic unit and accumulator. This is important because it really helps computers.
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Computer-to-computer communication expanded when the Department of Defense established four nodes on the ARPANET: the University of California Santa Barbara and UCLA, SRI International, and the University of Utah. This is important because communication within computers has really advanced since then.
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Researchers at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center designed the Alto — the first work station with a built-in mouse for input. The Alto stored several files simultaneously in windows, offered menus and icons, and could link to a local area network. This is important because workstations are everywhere.
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Apple introduced its Lisa. The first personal computer with a graphical user interface, its development was central in the move to such systems for personal computers. The Lisa´s sloth and high price ($10,000) led to its ultimate failure.
