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Joseph Marie Jacquard invents a loom that uses punched wooden cards to weave fabric designs. This is an example of an early computer because early computers would use similar punch cards.
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Hermon Hollerith designs a punch card system. The was to calculate the 1880 census.
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Alan Turing invents the Turing Machine which is capable of computing anything that could make a calculation. The central concept of modern computers were based of Turing's Machine.
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J.V. Atanasoff and Clifford Berry design a computer that could solve 29 equations. This was the first time a computer was able to store information on its main memory.
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John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert make ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator). This is considered the grandfather of digital computers.
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William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain invent the transistor whihc is an electric switch made of solid materials with no need for a vacuum.
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Grace Hopper develops the COBOL, the first computer language which is later used to help the United Nations keep tabs on Korea during the war.
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Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce invent the integrated circuit, better known as a computer chip.
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Douglas Engelbart invents the mouse. This marks an evolution of the computer because it is more accesible to the public.
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The "floppy disk" was invented by Alan Shugart and a team of IBM engineers. The floppy disk allowed data to be shared among computers.
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Apple I was released by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. This was the first computer to have a single-circuit board.
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The Gavilan SC is released. The Gavilan SC is the first portable comptuer with a flip form factor. This is the first known "laptop"
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Apple introduces the "MacBook Pro" which is the first Intel-based and dual core computer.
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Apple presents the iPad which is a tablet computer system.
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Apple releases the Apple Watch which is computer system for personal needs and is intended to be worn.
