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The word came into existence to describe a person who performed calculations.
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The Analytical Machine contained extremely little integrated memory and punch cards. It can perform very basic calculations.
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Named the Z1. The computer was created by a German named Konrad Zuse in his parent's living room. Considered the first functional modern computer.
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The Bombe, a machine that replicated the German coding machines, helped decipher Luftwaffe (German Air Force) messages and contributed to the Battle of Britain and other air campaigns during the war.
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The ENIAC was built at the University of Pennsylvania and occupied about 1800 square feet. It used 18000 vacuum tubes and weighed almost 50 tons.
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British computer EDSAC ran and calculated the first game ever, called "Baby".
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The ERA 1101 is delivered to the United States and is considered to be the first computer that can store and run a program from its memory.
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IBM publicly introduced the 701, which helped run nuclear explosives calculations faster.
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The Whirlwind Machine, which was introduced by MIT, is the first computer to have magnetic-core ram and real-time graphics.
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The Programma 101 was publicized and was sold for a price tag of $3200. Hewlett Packard also began marketing its own computer.
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The 4004 is introduced by Intel.
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University College of England and Royal Radar Establishment connect to ARPANET. The term internet is born.
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A commercial version of ARPANET creates the first internet service provider.
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The Apple 1, developed by Steve Wozniak and was able to expand its memory to about 48 KB using expansion cards.
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Adam Osborne releases the Osborne 1. It weighed 25 pounds, had 64 KB of memory, a 5-inch display, and cost almost $1800
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This system establishes the familiar .gov .com .edu .org
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First independent version of Microsoft Windows is launched.
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Microsoft and IBM jointly develop OS/2 and would use all 16 MB of memory the Intel processors had.
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Tandy RadioShack is first to release a computer based on the MPC standard.
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The number of websites online reach six hundred.
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Windows 95 was advertised with the ability to support 32 bit preemptive multitasking.
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