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The Difference Engine cancept was proposed by Charles Babbage as the first computer. It was able to compute different sets of nmbers, and make hard copies of the results.
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The Atanasoff–Berry Computer concieved as the first machine to run using binary code.
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The Atanasoff-Berry Computer was the first digital computer. It was not programable, however, but did posess the capacity to solve linear equations.
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The Univeral Automatic Computer I is the first commercialy available computer.
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Internal Buisness Machines bagan developing for the computer industry with the IBM 701 EDPM Computer.
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'The Chip' is created, it is able to replace the vaccum tubes of the 40s and 50s.
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After 'The Chip' is created, the transistors are used as a mainstream, and the vaccum tubes are left behind.
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The game 'Spacewar' is created in 1962, when the large computers develop screens.
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Transistors were miniaturized and placed on silicon chips, called semiconductors, which drastically increased the speed and efficiency of computers. Computers for the first time became accessible to a mass audience because they were smaller and cheaper than their predecessors.
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ARPAnet is the original internet, although not worldwide, it was the first connection between multiple computers.
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The Intel 4004 Computer Microprocessor was the frist microprocessor, and allowed for smaller computers.
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Alan Shugart & IBM release the floppy disk as a way to save data and hold programs. It was called the "floppy" because of its flexibility.
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The Altar 8800 was the first personal computer, (the term coined by its creator, Ed Roberts) it was small enough for everyday people to use it.
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The IBM 5100, weighing 55 pounds, was the first computer to be portable. It can be concidered the first laptop.
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At the Ford Motors Company, Robert Williams was the frist person to be killed by a robot, resulting in a $10 million lawsuit.
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The first Microcomputer is the HP-85 designed by Hewlett Packard. It has 16kB of RAM and a 5-inch CRT display.
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MS-DOS is first introduced with the IBM PC. It was a revolutionary operating system developed by Microsoft.
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The Apple IIe is introduced, it is a smaller, and cheaper alternative to many personal computers of the time.
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The 3.5 inch floppy disk was a new way to store data. It later became the industry standard.
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People feared that all the computers would discontinue to work because of what was known as the 2000 glitch. This was untrue.
