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Computers and Technology through the years

By alli matyja
  • IBM introduces the electric typewriter

    IBM introduces the electric typewriter

    IBM- International Business Machines introduces the typewriter that is electric.
  • George Stibitz builds his model K

    George Stibitz builds his model K

    Which demonstrates the feasibility of mechanizing binary math
  • John Atanasoff begins to work on an ABC computer

    John Atanasoff begins to work on an ABC computer

    The ABC computer uses dynamic storage for the main memory of the computer. He wanted to use magnetic or memory, vacuum tubes, relays and charged capicitators so the computer could store everybit of memory. But then he decided on the latter.
  • The Colossus computer is completed and set to work

    The Colossus computer is completed and set to work

    This computer is in Britain and is also brekaing german codes.
  • The ENIAC is up and running

    The ENIAC is up and running

    John Mauchly and John Presper Eckert developed the Electrical Numerical Integrator And Calculator (ENIAC)
  • The public gets its first glimpse of the ENIAC

    The public gets its first glimpse of the ENIAC

    In Philedelphia on Valentines day, the ENIAC is released for the public to see.
  • The Manchester Mark 1 is operational

    The Manchester Mark 1 is operational

    The small scale expiremental machine was tested for speed and reliability.
  • Assembly language is developed

    Assembly language is developed

    The most basic language program for any proccesor.
  • ENIAC computer is shut down.

    ENIAC computer is shut down.

    The computer that performs complex calculations fro artillary, is shut down.
  • The ALGOL 58 programing language is developed

    The ALGOL 58 programing language is developed

    It is the first language in the ALGOL programming family of language.