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The first computer
J.V Atanasoff a professer of phyisics and mathematic at Lowa state university, attempts to build the first computer without gears, cams, belt or shafts. -
Smart computer
Atansoff and his graduate student, Cifford Berry, design a computer that solve, 29 equation simultaneously. -
Eletronic Numerical Intergator and calculater
Two university to pennsylvania professer- John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert- build the Eletronic Numerical Interagator and Calculater (ENIC). -
UNIVAC
Mauchly and Persper leave the unerversity of Pennsylvania and recive funding from the Census Bureau to build the UIVAC, the first commerial computer for business and goverment applications. -
COLBOL
Grace Happer devolep the first computer language, which eventaully becomes known as COLBOL. -
FORTRAN
the FORTRAN programing language is bron. -
The intergrated circuit
Jack Kilby and Rubert Noyce unveil the intergrated circuit, known as the computer chip. -
Graphical user interface (GUI)
Douglas Engelbart shows a prototype of the modern computer, with a mouse and a graphical user interface (GUI). This marks the evolution of the computer from a specialized machine for scientists and mathemaicians to techonology that is more accessible to the general public. -
Dynamic Access Memory (DRAM)
The newly formed Intel unveils the Intel 1103, the first Dynamic Access Mermory (DRAM) chip. -
Floppy disk
Alan Shugart leads a team of IBM engineers who invent the "floppy disk" allowing data to be shared among computers. -
Ethernet
Robert Metcalfe, a member of the reasearch staff for Xerox, develops Ethernet for multipule computers and other hardware -
Personal computers
A number of personal computers hit the markets, including Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair, IBM5100, RadioShack's TRS-80 affectionately known as the "Trash 80" and the Commodore PET. -
The IBM 5100
The IBM 1500 becomes the first commercially available portable computer. -
Apple I
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak start Apple Computers an Apirl Fool's Day and roll out Apple I, the first computer with a single-circuit board. -
Apple II
Jobs and Wozniak incorporate Apple and show the Apple II at the first West Coast Computer Faire. It offers color graphics and incorporate an audio cassette drive for storage.
