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Jacquard Loom
Joseph Marie Jacquard invented the "Jacquard Loon" which was an automated loon. -
Herman Hollerith
During the 1880s, Herman Hollerith invented the recording of data on a medium that could then be read by a machine. -
ABC Developed
Developed the first electronic digital computer, the Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) (Was made to solve linear equations) -
ABC Tested
ABC was tested. -
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Plankalkül
An early high-level programming language to be designed for a computer was Plankalkül, developed for the German Z3 by Konrad Zuse between 1943 and 1945 -
ENIAC
When ENIAC was used and released. -
First Transistor
Was the year the first transistor was released. -
FORTRAN
In 1957, the first of the major languages appeared in the form of FORTRAN. -
COBOL
1960- The Common Business-Oriented Language (COBOL) programming language is invented. -
SpaceWar
1962- Steve Russell creates "SpaceWar!" and releases it in February 1962. This game is considered the first game intended for computers. -
BASIC
1964- Thomas Kurtz and John Kemeny created BASIC, an easy-to-learn programming language, for their students at Dartmouth College -
C
C was developed in 1972 by Dennis Ritchie while working at Bell Labs in New Jersey. -
C++
C++ was released -
First Virus
1983- Fred Cohen designed a hidden program that infect a computer, copy, and infect other PCs through floppy disk. (First Virus) -
Java
1995- Java was released as core component of Sun Microsystem's Java platform -
Windows PowerShell
2006- Windows PowerShell initially released (Microsoft) -
TypeScript
2012- TypeScript made an appearance by Microsoft