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Edison Creates Lightbulb
Thomas Edison creates the first successful, long-lasting lightbulb. -
John von Nuemann develops Monte Carlo
Famous person in the history of computer science who develops the Monte Carlo method, which dwelled in numerical hydrodynamics. -
Fortran
IBM developed Fortran, which is a general-purpose programming language that is focused on numerical computing. -
COBOL (Common Business-Oriented Language)
This languaged was developed to make it easier for buisnesses to have an idependent software system. Still in use today. -
Sketchpad
Ivan Sutherland publishes Sketchpad, an interactive, real-time computer drawing system. With this a designer could draw and manipulate geometric figures on a computer screen. -
SABRE
IBM introduces the SABRE reservation system for American Airlines. -
C Programming Language
The C programming language is released by Dennis Ritchie. C is still widely used today. -
Microsoft Word
Word processing program that people use every day. -
C++ programming language
The C++ programming language emerges as the dominant object-oriented language in the computer industry when Bjarne Stroustrup publishes the book The C++ Programming Language. -
Photoshop
Photoshop was an image editing program and the most popular software program published by Adobe Systems. -
Java Script 1.0
Java 1.0 is introduced by Sun Microsystems. The Java platform’s “Write Once, Run Anywhere” functionality let a program run on any system, offering users independence from traditional large software vendors like Microsoft or Apple -
iTunes
iTunes was only supported on the Mac operating system and functioned as a media player and media management tool. iTunes allowed users to record music from CDs, bring it into iTunes, mix it with other songs and then burn a custom CD