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John Atanasoff invents the first "official" electronic computer. Importance: It is the first major milestone in computer history. It is the true beginning of the digital age.
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Eckert and Mauchly design the first computer geared toward business use. Importance: Is signaled the movement of computers from just research institutions and large corporations to smaller institutes.
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An IBM team designed the first programming language designed to solve engineering and science problems. Importance: Programmers and engineers are beginning to design programs that are capable of much larger tasks.
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IBM announces the first computer with integrated circuits. Importance: Computers are beginning to get smaller in size and moving toward the modern computer. It was also the first computer to cover a wide range of operations, small and large.
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The first microcomputer was created by a small company in Albuquerque NM. It ran on it intel 8080 processor. Importance: It is the first computer to have a microprocessor which is in most computers today.
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IBM Releases the 'IBM PC', one of the first computer geared toward practical use other than engineering aspects of it. Importance: It signifies that computer companies are beginning to build their computers based on consumer needs and are being geared less toward the few "advanced" computer users.
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Apple Introduces the Macintosh Computer This computer, released by Apple, is their first computer geared toward consumer use and was designed with a "user-friendly" operating system. Importance: It shows computer companies, including apple, are moving toward consumer use. Apple's GUI operating system was considered "user-friendly" because most OS's were hard to use.
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Microsoft Releases windows to be ran on the 'IBM PC'. Importance: Microsoft Windows is currently the most used desktop operating system in use in the world today.
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The “WWW” or World Wide Web was created when researchers at CERN developed HTML code. Almost all websites use this language today. Also was introduced was the “URL.”
Importance: When this was created, it signified the beginning of the modern internet including HTML code, which almost all websites use today.
