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Charles Babbage invented the first computer to do complicated math equations
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The Bombe was an electromechanical device used by British cryptologists to help decipher German Enigma-machine-encrypted secret messages during WWII. It was created by Alan Turing and Gordon Welchman.
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Plankalkül is a German computer language made by Konrad Zuse. It was the first complete high-level language.
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FORmulaTRANslation is the oldest programing language still in use today. It was created by John Backus to do high-level calculations. It still is used in government and aerospace
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George Devol invented the robotic arm to help make cars at the General Motors plant in Ewing Township, New Jersey
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Leonard Kleinrock's book with the idea of the internet is published
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2 Computers at MIT Lincoln Lab communicate with each other using packet switching technology
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Queen Elizabeth II(The current queen) sends her first email
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A physicist Tim Berners-Lee developed HTML in 1980 to create electronic documents(web pages)
Cite: https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&ssui=on#safe=active&q=why+was+html+invented -
The first laptop, The Osborne 1, was invented by Osborne Computers. It sold 10,000 units/months
Cite: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-times/Who-invented-the-laptop-and-which-company-first-produced-it-commercially/articleshow/991598.cms -
The Domain Name System(.edu;.com;.org) replaces hard to remember names(I.E. 12.34.567.890)
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Rasmus Lerdorf developed PHP which is the language that Facebook uses as well as 20 million other websites
Cite: http://www.howtogeek.com/94917/the-evolution-of-computer-programming-languages-infographic/ -
The video sharing site was created 11 years ago by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim with the first video being "Me At The Zoo"
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The first IPhone was released with IOS by Steve Jobs in 2007 using Safari as a web browser
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3 Google employees created Google Go to "Combine the ease of programing[...] with the efficiency and safety of a statically typed compiled language."
Cite:http://www.codingdojo.com/blog/new-programming-languages-to-learn-2016/
