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Josheph-Marie Jacquard developed an automatic loom controlled by punch cards.
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Joseph Henry invented the first electromechanical relay.
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Dorr Felt invents first printing desk calculator
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IBM standardizes on punched cards with 80 columns of data and rectangular holes.
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IBM introduced the IBM 601 Multiplying Punch, an electromechanical machine that could read two numbers, up to 8 digits long, from a card and punch their product onto the same card
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Konrad Zuse developed Plankalkül, the first higher-level programming language.
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ENIAC One of the first totally electronic, valve driven, digital, program-controlled computers was unveiled
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This is considered the birthday of modern computing.
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EDVAC becomes operational.
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CSIRAC used to play music – the first time a computer was used as a musical instrument.
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Whirlwind, the first real-time computer was built at MIT by the team of Jay Forrester for the US Air Defense System, became operational.
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Magnetic core memory developed.
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The floppy disk is invented at IBM by David Noble
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Intel founded by Robert Noyce and a few friends.
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Ethernet developed, this became a popular way of connecting PCs and other computers together – to enable them to share data, and devices such as printers.
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Apple Computer, Inc. founded, to market the Apple I single-board computer designed by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs.
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Apple II computer introduced based on an 8 bit MOS
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Compact disc was invented.
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JavaScript development announced by Netscape.
