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Konrad Zuse - Z1 Computer, The first freely programmable computer
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John Atanasoff & Clifford Berry
ABC Computer. Was not programmable, but was designed to solve systems of Linear equations. -
Howard Aiken & Grace Hopper: The Harvard Mark I was an Electro-Mechanical computer. It did computations for the US Navy. This is important because it was an Innovation in the computer industry.
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John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly: Was the first commercial computer available. Also was able to pick presidential winners. This is important because it was the first commercial computer available.
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Created by Steve Russell & MIT, Spacewar was the first real computer game made. It was for the DEC PDP-1.
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Douglas Engelbart: Invented the computer mouse.
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Intel 1103 Computer Memory, The first available dynamic RAM chip. Important because It was the first available dynamic ram chip!
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Faggin, Hoff & Mazor: The first available microprocesser. Important because it was the first microprocesser.
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From an "Acorn" grows a personal computer revolution. Important because it revolutionised the personal computer industry.
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Microsoft begins the friendly war with Apple by creating their first operating system, Microsoft Windows. This is important because it was the first operating system that Microsoft created
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