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In 1882, English mathematichian Charles Babbage concieves a steam powered calculating machine yo compute tables of numbers. The project was a unsuccesful and failed.
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In 1890, Herman Hollerith designs a punch card systems to calculate the 1880 census. This is a success and saves the U.S. government about $5,000,000.
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In 1937, J.V. Atanasoff (a physics/mathematics professsor) attempts to build a computer without gears, cams, belts or shafts.
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Atanasoff and his graduate student, Clifford Berry, design a computer that can solve 29 equations simultaneously, and can store information.
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John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert build the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator, or ENIAC for short. This was considered the "grandfather" of computers.
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I 1944, Mauchy and Pester complete their "Elctronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator" The finished product was so big it took up an entire room.
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Mauchy and Pester leave their university to build UNIVAC, the first commercial computer for buisness and government applications.
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In 1953, Grace Hopper creates the first computer launguage, later known as COBOL.
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In 1953, Thomas Johnson Watson, Jr. concieves the IBM 701 EDPM to assist the United Nations on keeping tabs on Korea during the war.
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In 1954, the computer language FORTAN is born with no specific creator.
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In 1958, Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce create the integrated chip, better know as the computer chip.
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In 1964, Douglas Engelbart creates the first prototype of what are now modern pc's,and introduces the mouse and a graphical user interface. This is when computers begin to become more public -friendly.
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In 1970, Intel releases the Intel 1103, the first DRAM, or Dynamic Random Access Memory chip.
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In 1971, Alan Shugart and a team of IBM engineers create the floppy disk, which allowed data to be shared from computer to computer.
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In 1973, Robert Metcalfe, a staff researvher for Xerox, creates 'Ethernet', which allows multiple computers and hardware to be connected to eachother.
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Between 1974 and 1977, computer companies released lost of personal computers into the market, such as the Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair, IBM 5100, RadioShack’s TRS-80, and the Commodore PET.
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In 1975, the IBM 5100 becomes the first commercially avaliable portable computer.
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in 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak create the Apple company, and release the first Apple computer, the Apple 1. The Apple 1is also the first computer ti run on a single circuit board.
