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English mathematician Charles Babbage designs the "Analytical Engine", a steam driven calculating machine capable of computing tables of numbers. Inevitably failed due to lack of technology. -
British scientist and mathematician Alan Turing creates the "Turing Machine" capable of computing any algorithm. -
An English mathematician by the name of Ada Lovelace writes the world first computer program inspired by the works of Charles Babbage -
Per Georg Scheutz in alliance with his son Edvard Scheutz create the worlds first printing calculator, the first machine capable of "computing tabular differences and printing the results". -
To help calculate the U.S census at a faster pace, Herman Hollerith creates a "tabulating machine". Previous census calculators took up to 8 years to expel results but with the help of Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine, calculating results were reduced by 2 years, -
Vannevar Bush invents and designs the first large-scale "automatic general-purpose mechanical analog computer" named the "Differential Analyzer". -
Located in Palo Alto, California, David Packard and Bill Hewlett, found the information technology company "Hewlett Packard" -
Konrad Zuse, German inventor and engineer, invented the first automatic computer going by the name "Z3 computer/machine", in Berlin, which was later destroyed ina bombing during WW2. -
The "Atanasoff-Berry Computer", the first digital electronic computer, was designed by John Vincent Atanasoff, and his graduate student Clifford Berry. The first computer capable of storing information into its main memory and preform operations every 15 seconds. -
The first programmable, electronic, general-purpose digital computer designed and invented by John Presper Eckert and John Mauchly. -
The first commercial computer going by the name, “The Remington Rand Univac“, popular for its ability to produce results in 1/6th of a second. Designed by J. Presper Eckert and John W. Mauchly -
A small device used to direct and/or amplify electrical signals, known to be the “building block” of modern technology. Developed by American physicists John Bardeen, Walter Brattain and William Shockley. -
First practical general purpose computer stored program electric computer. First computer to run a graphical computer game. Developed by Maurice Wilkes with the help of a team at the Cambridge University Mathematical Laboratory. -
An “english-like” computer programming language created by Vassar's Grace Murray Hopper. -
John Backus and a team of programmers at IBM create a programming language suited to numeric computation and scientific computing.
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Created by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce, and known for being the most important innovations of all time. Almost all devices today use chips. -
Douglas Engelbart created the first “position indicator for a display system” initially used with the Xerox Alto computer. -
Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie and a group of developers at Bell Labs develop "UNIX" known for its capability to allow multiple users to use the same operating system simultaneously. -
The first dynamic access memory chip dubbed, the "intel 1103" created by the company Intel. -
Alan Shugart and a group of engineers at IBM create a disk drive capable of data storage -
A small combination of 4 chips used to program a variety of products, invented by Intel engineers Federico Faggin, Ted Hoff, and Stanley Mazor -
Ralph Baer, a German-American engineer creates the first gaming console compatible with television sets. -
Robert Metcalfe created “Ethernet” to connect machines in a building using hardware. -
Paul Allen and Bill Gates create Microsoft. -
Steve Jobs and co-founder Steve Wozniak create "Apple".
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A line of personal computers introduced by the company Commodore. -
The first spreadsheet computer program for personal computers, released by VisiCorp. -
Rob Barnaby authorizes a word processor application for microcomputers called WordStar. -
The first computer built for personal use with the integration of the graphical user interface named “Lisa” -
Microsoft introduces Windows. -
Tim Berners-Lee, a British researcher and creator of the world wide web. -
Sergey Brin and Larry Page develop the search engine Google.
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Wi-Fi is developed, initially only capable of covering a distance of 300ft. -
Mac OS X is released by Apple -
The first 64-bit processor for personal use computers. -
Web browser that was one of the first challengers for other web browsers like Internet Explorer. -
Apple's first Intel-based, dual-core mobile computer.
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Microsoft launches Windows 7 consisting of a new operating system with many features. -
Google releases Google Chrome running on Google Chrome operating system. -
Microsoft releases new and improved Windows 10. -
The first reprogrammable quantum computer was created helping scientists solve complex simulations and produce rapid calculations. Assisted researchers in the programming and reprogramming with a variety of algorithms. -
Executes research and development projects to further advance science and technology under U.S Military requirements. -
The automotive industry accounts for 15% of semiconductor usage with up to 3,000 chips in a single car.
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Currently 63% (5 billion people) of the worlds population use the internet with 97% of internet users using phones to access the web.
