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Joseph Marie Jacquard, a French merchant and inventor invents a loom that uses punched wooden cards to automatically weave fabric designs. -
The first digital electronic computer in the US is designed, called the Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC). It was the first computer capable of storing information in its main memory and capable of performing an operation every 15 seconds, according to the book "Biring the Computer." -
John Mauchly and Presper Eckert, design and build the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator (ENIAC). The machine is the first "automatic, general-purpose, electronic, decimal, digital computer". -
Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce invent the integrated circuit, revolutionizing computer technology and paving the way for the miniaturization of electronic devices -
Douglas Engelbart Reveals Modern Computer Prototype, Includes Live Demo of His Computer, Including Mouse and Graphical User Interface (GUI) -
A team of IBM engineers led by Alan Shugart invents the "floppy disk," enabling data to be shared among different computers.
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Robert Metcalfe, a member of the research staff for Xerox, develops Ethernet for connecting multiple computers and other hardware.
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"Acorn," IBM's first personal computer, is released onto the market, uses the MS-DOS operating system from Windows. Optional features include a display, printer, two diskette drives, extra memory and more -
The first reprogrammable quantum computer is created, which could help scientists run complex simulations and produce quick solutions to complicated calculations.