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The abacus was invented by the chinese In 500 BCE and is considered by many to be the original starting point of the computers we know today. Although the defenition of a computer does require it to be electronically powered this was a key step in the right direction for the future of computers.
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In France, Joseph Marie made a loom wich used wooden punch cards to weave intricate fabric designs. The idea of these punch cards was very similar to those of early computers.
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Herman Hollerith designed a punch card system which allowed for him to calculate the 1880 census saving the government 5 million dollars (which was more back then). He than started a company which would ultimately become IBM.
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J.V. Atanasoff attempted to build the first computer without cams, belts or gears at Iowa state in 1967 which allowed for the idea that is now smaller more portable computers.
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Atanasoff and his graduate student Clifford Berry designed a computer that could do up to 29 calculation simultaneously. This was the first time that a computer was able to store information in its main memory
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In 1947 William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain invented the first transistor. A transistor is a semiconductor device with three connections.
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Grace Hopper invented the first computer language which went by COBOL. This was a revolutionary step as it was the basis for most of the programming and coding we have today as well as the basis for Windows and IOS.
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In 1974 personal use computers were released to the general public. Although they were a hassle they were also sought after as it was a new exciting thing for most people. Some of the computers that came out were the Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair, IBM 5100, Radio Shack's TRS-80.
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Both Bill Gates and Paul Allen offered to type code for Altair using the new BASIC language after their success they stopped coding for Altair and the Childhood friends formed Microsoft.
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In 1976 Steve jobs announced the begining of Apples Program to begin making computers. They show the Apple 1 the first computer with a single circuit.
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In 1997 Apple released the apple 2 this was the first computer to offer colored graphics to the user. This was truly revolutionary as before you had to view images on your computer in black and white.
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The LISA was apples first Personnel computer to feture a GUI (Graphic User Interface). Although no one liked it and the invention failed terribly over many years it evolved into the Macintosh
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Microsoft releases Windows in response to Apple's release of their GUI. Commodere unveils their latest computer which has advanced audio and video cables.
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In 1985 the world wide wibe was released which changed the future of what the use of computers would be. It also allowed for the term the internet to be used in day to day life and was the foundation for all computer communication and searches.
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In 1994 Gaming on PC's and streaming music on PC's became a reality. Before you only used Computers for work as it wasn't possible to stream music and the graphics on the PC's made watching videos or playing games a miserable expierence. However, In 1994 was when entertainment became a secondary use for the computer.
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Sergey Brin and Larry Page invent google at Stanford University in 1996 as a new alternate search engine.
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In 1999 was the time that Wifi became something that people said and used in day to day life.
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In 2005 Youtube became a video web and streaming application for public use.
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The I phone was released in 2007 and added many features that computers used onto a handheld device that one could store in their pocket which was truly amazing
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The Macbook pro was revolutionary as it was one of Apples first computers that people wanted to use it was portable and easy which made it attractive to a wider range of people oppose to the pc.
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In 2012 Facebook reached 1 billion users (Yay Zuck)
