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The Beginning of Computers
David Packard and Bill Hewlett founded a company called Hewlett-Packard and invented the first computer, the HP 200A Audio Oscillator. Fact: Walt Disney ordered eight of his 200B models as sound effects for Fantasia. *This marked the beginning of computer inventions -
Computers used for Presidential Election
CBS News used a UNIVAC Computer to help predict which president would win the presidential election. (Eisenhower vs. Stevenson) *This showed that people can use computers for problem solving. -
Start of IBM
IBM was invented as a disk storage unit. The first IBM was the IBM 1301 Disk Drive. It was known for its use with IBM’s 7000-series of mainframe computers.- IBM was innovated and used up until the 21st century and is still known as a great invention today.
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UNIMATE
UNIMATE was invented as the first industrial robot. UNIMATE could obey step-by-step commands. *UNIMATE helped the later invention of TV Picture Tubes. -
Superpaint Completed
SuperPaint is completed. SuperPaint was the first digital computer drawing system to use a frame buffer. It could create sophisticated animations, in up to 16.7 million colors. *Showed that computers can be used for art and illustrations. -
Adam Osborne and the First Portable Computer
Adam Osborne completed the first portable computer, the Osborne I, which weighed 24 pounds and cost $1,795.- Showed how portable computers would get. Think about the ipad now, it's basically a computer and it's tiny compared to the many inventions from the 20th century.
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World Wide Web Invented
Tim Berners-Lee invented the internet or world-wide-web. He began the processes of HTML, web browsers, and URL.- The internet had to start from somewhere and Tim Berners-Lee invented it in 1990.
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Yahoo Founded
Yahoo was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo, two Stanford graduates. Yahoo began as "Jerry's guide for the World Wide Web."- Helped the internet get more popular.
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Invention of the Blackberry
The first Blackberry was invented in 2003, making it the first smart phone. *Beginning of smart phones and computers (even Siri) -
Invention of the iPad
The first iPad was invented in 2010. It came after the iPhone and helped desktop management.- The iPad is important to computer history because it has been innovated so much and marks the beginning of the apple career.
