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  Designed the Analytical Engine and built a prototype for a less powerful mechanical calculator.
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  First freely programmable computer.
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  set out the idea of results on the limits of proof and computation
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  Who was first in the computing biz is not always as easy as ABC.
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  Designed and built the Mark 1 and the ten improved Mark 2 Colossus computers, the world’s first programmable, digital, electronic, computing devices.
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  create The Harvard Mark 1 computer.
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  Baby and the Williams Tube turn on the memories.
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  Baby and the Williams Tube turn on the memories.
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  IBM enters into 'The History of Computers'.
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  The first successful high level programming language.
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  Otherwise known as 'The Chip'
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  The first computer game invented.
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  Nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end.
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  The first microprocessor
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  Any product that pays for itself in two weeks is a surefire winner.
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  From "Quick And Dirty" comes the operating system of the century.
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  The more affordable home computer with a GUI
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  Microsoft begins the friendly war with Apple.