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First program to run on a computer
Frederic Williams, Tom Kilburn, and Geoff Toothill develop the Small-Scale Experimental Machine (SSEM) while working at the University of Manchester. Seventeen instructions made up the first program to ever run on a computer. http://history-computer.com/ModernComputer/Electronic/SSEM.html -
E-mail is introduced
E-mail is introduced by Ray Tomlinson, a computer scientist in Massachusetts. This was done by sending a message through ARPANET from one computer to another right next to it. http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/6116/first-e-mail-sent-by-ray-tomlinson/ -
Altair 8800 is introduced
Created by Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS), the Altair 8800 is seen as the genesis of the microcomputer revolution and the first successful personal computer. http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_334396 -
Apple is founded
Apple Computers was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne to develop and sell personal computers
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IBM introduces the PC
The IBM Model 5150 was the personal computer that revolutionized computing as the first to gain widespread use by businesses and consumers. https://www.wired.com/2011/08/ibm-handson/ -
Modern internet is introduced
ARPANET was the technical core of today's internet. The beginning of what we know as the internet occurs at the change from NCP protocols to TCP/IP. https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2013/01/30-years-tcp-and-ip-everything -
Apple introduces Macintosh
The Macintosh was introduced by Apple as the first successful computer using both a mouse and a graphical user interface.
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Macintosh Portable is introduced
Five years after the first introduction, Apple introduces a portable Macintosh computer. http://applemuseum.bott.org/sections/computers/macport.html -
iMac is introduced
Apple’s first product after Steve Jobs returns is the iMac, credited with the company's rebound after nearly filing bankruptcy in the 90s.
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Retina display is introduced
Apple introduced "Retina displays" which closed in on the limit of pixel visibility to the human eye.
http://www.newsweek.com/what-apples-retina-display-means-386656
