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https://kb.iu.edu/d/agatCD-ROMhttp://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/User:Millosh/Internet_and_Programming_for_Linguists/The_Big_Picture/Computer/History_of_computinghttp://computer.howstuffworks.com/question246.htmhttp://www.computerhistory.org/http://www.greatachievements.org/?id=3975http://www.abc.net.au/technology/articles/2013/01/11/3667939.htmResources Used:
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Wilhelm Schickard built the first calculator for computing numbers (addition, subtraction, multiplying, and dividing).
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http://www.computerhistory.org/babbage/engines/Charles Babbage thought of the concept of a programmable engine. It could be programmed usng punching cards and had similar components of modern day computers.
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http://www.greatachievements.org/?id=3975A computer, developed by Bell Labs, uses the binary system to compute numbers and math functions.
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http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/?year=1945The first computer bug, a moth stuck in the computer, was found by Grace Hopper.
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http://www.greatachievements.org/?id=3975IBM engineers develop a disk that allows more magnetization on the disk for radom access storage.
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http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/?year=1963The computer aided design (CAD) software, DAC-1, was released by IBM. DAC-1 was for General Motors, who wanted to use computers for designing cars.
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http://www.greatachievements.org/?id=3975BASIC language, which was easier to use than FORTRAN, is developed by Dartmouth professors for a time sharing computer system.
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http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/?year=1966Hewlett Packard released HP-2115, a computer that supported programming languages BASIC, ALGOL, and FORTRAN.
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http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/?year=1969Kenneth Thompson and Dennis Ritchie develop UNIX operating system. UNIX was run using the C language and had modifiable code.
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http://www.abc.net.au/technology/articles/2013/01/11/3667939.htmThe C programming language, which became the template for many other languages, is developed.
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http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/?year=1975Lee Felsenstein designed the visual display module, which allowed games to be played on personal computers.
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http://www.greatachievements.org/?id=3975The CD-ROM is made and can store much more information than floppy disks. People can now record and download their own information the disks.
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http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/?year=1991The operating system, Linux, was released. Linux became open source, and the software had many features and was easy to modify.
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http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/?year=1993The Mosaic web browser could access graphic features from the internet. Mosaic was later availble to many operating different operating systems.
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http://www.abc.net.au/technology/articles/2013/01/11/3667939.htmThe Java language, based off of C language, was developed. Java was much simpler and easier to use than other languages before.