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Ava Lovelace
Ava Lovelace become the "first computer programmer" after she described an algorithm that was called the first computer program. -
Atanasoff-Berry Computer
This was the first electronic digital computer that was designed to solve linear equations. -
The "First Computer Bug"
In 1947, Grace Murray Hopper discovered a moth stuck in the Mark II Alken Relay Calculator. They removed the moth and performed the first "debug." -
First Computer Game
The first computer game, called Spacewar, was created in 1961. This took roughly 200 hours to create. -
APL
In 1962, Kenneth Iverson published a book that detailed a form of mathematical notation that would later be used in computer programming. -
ASCII
In 1963, this program allowed computers from different manufacturers to exchange data. -
Pascal
In 1970, Niklaus Wirth created Pascal which was the first computer language ever created and is still used with Skype today. -
C++
In 1983, Bjarne Stroustrup created C++ which is still used in Google Chrome. -
Microsoft Word
In 1983, Microsoft released the application Word, originally calling it Multi-Tool Word. -
Java Introduced
In 1995, Java was introduced in which you could run a program on any system. -
Visual Studio
In 1997, Microsoft released Visual Studio, which allowed programmers to do all their work with one program. -
BitTorrent Released
In 2001, BitTorrent, a peer-to-peer file sharing system, was released.