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1940-2012
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Atanasoff-Berry Computer
Successfully designed by John Vincent Atanasoff, the Atanasoff-Berry Computer (a.k.a ABC) had Boolean data, and no CPU. Invented at Iowa State University. -
The Colossus
The Colossus was the first electric programmable computer and was developed by Tommy Flowers in 1943 The Colossus was created to help the British code breakers read german messages. -
EDSAC
The first computer to store a program made by the british. Stored the first graphical computer game, "Baby" . -
Z4 for Commercial Use
Developed and sold by Konrad Zuse, then later sold to Eduard Stiefel. -
IBM sells the PC, 701
IBM announced the 701, their first electric computer and also the first mass produced computer. -
Whirlwind Machine (First use of RAM)
MIT Invents the first use of magnetic-core ram and revolutionary real-time graphics. -
TX-O
First Transistorized computer. Demonstrated in 1956 at the Massachussetts college of technology. -
PDP-1 Computer
In 1960, Digital Equipment Corporation released the PDP-1, the first of many of the PDP computers. -
CDC-6600 Supercomputer
The CDC6600 was invented by Seymour Cray, and able to perform 3 million calculations a second. -
First Business PC
Created by Hewlett-Packard in 1966, the HP-2115 was revolutionary for businesses. -
First Email sent
The first email, by Ray Tomlinson was sent over to the military for testing, and contained "something like QWERTYUIOP". -
Pong released
Ralph Baer designed a ping-pong game for his Odyssey gaming console. He was to also design a car racing game, but he didn't have the technology to. -
Apple II Computer released
The Apple II, created by Apple, had a printed motherboard, colors,a keyboard, and mouse. -
IBM Develops PC
The IBM PC, by IBM had a 4.77 MHz Processor and the MS-DOS Operating system. -
Commodore 64 Released
Invented by Commodore, the 64 has 64kb of RAM and featured impressive graphics. -
Apple releases Macintosh
Apple releases Macintosh, a Mouse driven GUI, and WYSIWYG typing. To finish, it was an affordable 2,500 dollars. -
Linux is released
Finnish student Linus Torvalds invents the Linux OS. It became free in 1992 and uses the GNU OS. -
Mosiac Browser is released
The Mosiac browser is the first graphical access to the internet. -
Yahoo is founded
In 1994, Yahoo was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo and started as "Jerry's guide to the world wide web". -
Windows XP Founded
Windows XP by Microsoft is created. Using both Business and Personal computer techniques, XP is the top OS for the time -
DDR3 Introduced
DDR3 is a format of Random Access Memory that is faster and more efficient. -
Windows 7 Released
Windows 7 Released by Microsoft as a successor to XP and Vista. It is the best-selling OS on the market.
