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This was the first attempt to design a computer to do advanced computations.
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An audio oscillator is an electronic instrument used to test sound equipment.
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ABC stands for the Atanasoff–Berry Computer.The device was used to solve linear equations.
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Brittish code breakers invent the first programable computer. It was used to decipher encrypted German messages
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First Ferranti MARK I became the firts computer avaible the the "public" (only 9 were sold)
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At MIT, researchers began experimentation on direct keyboard input on computers, a precursor to today´s normal mode of operation.
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UNIMATE, the first industrial robot, debued at General Motors. It obeyed step-by-step commands stored on a magnetic drum.
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American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) was invented. is is a coding language that uses a series of "0's" and "1's" to communicate.
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The Apollo Guidance Computer made its debut orbiting the Earth on Apollo 7. Astronaughts communicated with a computer by punching in two digit codes
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The newly formed Intel unveils the Intel 1103, the first DYNAMIC Access Memory (DRAM) chip.
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Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak start Apple Computers on April Fool’s Day and roll out the Apple I, the first computer with a single-circuit board.
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Jobs and Wozniak unviel the Apple II which has color graphics and incorporates an audio cassette drive for storage.
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Apple’s Lisa is the first PERSONALcomputer with a GUI. It also features a drop-down menu and icons.
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Commodore unveils the Amiga 1000, which features advanced audio and video capabilities. This all fit into 512 KB of memory.
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Microsoft unviels windows in response to Apple's GUI.
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Adobe Photoshop 1.0 is released.
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Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau invent the 'hypertext' system, which is the start of he internet as we know it today
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Jerry Yang and David Filo create Yahoo! a "directory of other websites, organized in a hierarchy, as opposed to a searchable index of pages."
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EA releases The Sims, the best selling computer game in history.
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Both Intel and AMD pass the 1GHz CPU barrier. Some thing many people thought would never happen
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Wikipedia comes online.
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McAfee releases the first virus protection softwear.
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Google introduces Froogle, which allows users to search for stuff to buy.
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Microsoft releases DirectX 9
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Apple opens the iTunes store.
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AMD releases its first 64-bit processor, the Athlon 64.
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Mark Zuckerberg launches Thefacebook
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Apple introduces AirPlay.
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Google Maps launches
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AMD and Intel both release their first versions of a dual-core processor.
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The blu-ray is first announced
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Toshiba releases the first HD DVD player in a computer.
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Microsoft releases Microsoft Windows Vista and Office 2007 to the general public.
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Apple introduces Mac OS X 10.5 code named Leopard.
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T-Mobile's G1 phone (HTC Dream) is the first phone to be released with Google Android
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Google releases the first public version of Chrome
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Microsoft launches the Bing search engine.
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The first Barnes & Noble Nook is released.
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Apple introduces the iPad.
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First all-robotic surgery performed at Montreal General Hospital
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The Kindle Fire is released for sale.
