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The first computer bug was introduced by Grace Hopper in 1945. "Bugs" are around still to this day, and still screw up computers.
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International Business Machines develop the IBM 701 EDPM computer. It's important because it is the start of IBM's heritage.
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John Backus and IBM come up with with first successful high level programming language. Good programing= Good computer
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The first integrated circut/ silcon chip is created. Integrated chips are used a lot today and have changed a lot since its invention in 1958
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Steve Russel and MIT develop first computer game. Where current computer games come from
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Andries van Dam and Ted Nelson coin the term "hypertext".\ Hypertext is what makes up all website today. Without it websites would be different.
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Intel introduces the world's first ever random access memory chip and the first Microprocessor, the intel 4004. RAM and microprocessors are very useful in current day computers.
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First Commercial game is introduced. Current games have branched off the idea of computer games.
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Microsoft eliminates the need for a user to type in commands by using a mouse to navigate through drop down menus, tabs and icons. Without this innovation we would still be typing code into computers.
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Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau propose a 'hypertext' system starting the modern Internet We use the internet a lot in current day. What would we have without internet?
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Google is founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page on September 7, 1998. At the begenning google wasn't very large. It is now one of the biggest companies in the world.
