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The first steam driven calculating machine was created by Charles Babbage.
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Herman Hollerith designs a punch card calculator to calculate the 1880 census.
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J.V. Atanasoff attempts to make the first computer that runs without gears, cams, belts, or shafts.
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Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce reveal the integrated circuit aka (computer chip).
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Douglas Engelbart shows a prototype of a new computer with a mouse and graphical user interface (GUI).
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Alan Shugart leads an IBM engineers to invent the floppy disk alowing data to be shared with computers.
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Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak make apple computers on April Fools Day and make the Apple I, whic is the first computer with a singlw circuit board.
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Word processing becomes a reality because MicroPro International releases a program call WordStar.
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The first IBM personal computer is made.it contains an intel chip, two floppy disks, and an optional color monitor.
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Microsoft announces Windows, which is it's response to Apple's GUI.
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Games such as, Command & Conquer, Theme Park, and Magic Carpet, all hit the market for PC games.
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Wi-fi becomes part of computing language. Users start using wireless internet.
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The first 64-bit processor, AMD's Athlon 64, becomes avaliable to the consumer market.
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Apple's Iphone brings many computer functions onto a smartphone.
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Windows 7 is released with added convienence by being able to pin programs to to your task bar.
