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The first digtial computer
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Demonstrated the CNC at an American Mathematical Society conference held at Dartmouth College. Stibitz stunned the group by performing calculations remotely on the CNC (located in New York City) using a Teletype connected via special telephone lines.
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The Z3 was an early computer built by German engineer Konrad Zuse working in complete isolation from developments elsewhere.
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A large analog computer, but found it inaccurate and inflexible.
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The Harvard Mark-1 was a room-sized, relay-based calculator.
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He changed computers and software .
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In February, the public got its first glimpse of the ENIAC, a machine built by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert
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The SSEC produced the moon-position tables used for plotting the course of the 1969 Apollo flight to the moon.
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Maurice Wilkes assembled the EDSAC, the first practical stored-program computer, at Cambridge University.
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First commercial computer & able to pick presidential winners.
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IBM enters into 'The History of Computers'.
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The first successful high level programming language.
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The first bank industry computer - also MICR for reading checks.
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The first computer game invented.
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Nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end.
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The original Internet.
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The world's first available dynamic RAM chip.
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The first microprocessor.
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Nicknamed the "Floppy" for its flexibility.
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Networking
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The first consumer computers.
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More first consumer computers.
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Any product that pays for itself in two weeks is a surefire winner.
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Word Processors.
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From an "Acorn" grows a personal computer revolution
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The first home computer with a GUI, graphical user interface.
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The more affordable home computer with a GUI.
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Microsoft begins the friendly war with Apple.
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More than 30 million computers are in use in the United States.
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Microsoft is listed on the New York Stock Exchange selling shares to the public at $21 each, making Bill Gates one of the worlds youngest billionaires.
