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Charles Babbage developed the Difference Engine
The Difference Engine was able to compute several sets of numbers and create hard copies of them. -
Charles Babbage proposed the idea of the Analytical Engine
The Analytical Engine wa supposed to be able to contain an Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU), basic flow control, and memory storage. Although he did not get a chance to build it because of the lack of funding. -
Konrad Zuse created the Z1
Konrad Zuse made this in his parents' living room. It took sometime in 1936 to 1938. It is considered by many to be the first programmable computer and the first functional modern computer. -
J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly started the first computer company, ECC
Eckert and Mauchly created the company Electronic Controls Company. It was later renamed to EMCC for Eckert- Mauchly
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EDSAC was built
EDSAC is the first electronic computer that can be programmed and store information. -
UNIVAC 1101 was created by the U.S. government
The United States Government created the UNIVAC 1101 OR ERA 1101 that was the first computer that could save a program and run a program. -
IBM publicly introduced the 701
The 701 computer created by IBM was the first commercial scientific computer. -
MIT introduces the Whirlwind Machine
MIT created the first digital computer with RAM and real-time graphics. -
Douglas Engelbart demonstrates the uses of the Xerox Alto
In "The Mother of All Demos", Douglas Engelbart displays the functions of the Xerox Alto. It comes with a full computer, display, and mouse. On the screen it displayed windows, menus, and icons on the interface.
