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Eniac
invnted by the University of pensilvania. It took up the space of a big room -
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computer history
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UNIVAC Computer
First commercial computer -
FORTRAN Computer Programming Language
FORTRAN or formula translation was the first high level programming language -
ERMA and MICR
ERMA was first demonstrated to the public in 1955 -
first internet
The first data exchange over this new network occurred between computers at UCLA and Stanford Research Institute -
The Integrated Circuit
otherwise known as "the chip" -
ARPAnet
the originl internet -
The "Floppy" Disk
In late 1969, a potential client from Japan called Busicom, asked to have twelve custom chips designed -
The Ethernet Computer Networking
a $30,000 computer -
Apple I, II & TRS-80
The first consumer computer -
Apple
Apple did not begin to take off until 1977 -
WordStar Software
WordStar was the first commercially successful word processing software program produced for microcomputers -
The IBM PC - Home Computer
secret plans were referred to as "Project Chess". -
Apple Lisa Computer
The first home computer with a GUI, graphical user interface. -
first Ipad
