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English mathematician Charles Babbage creates a calculator driven by steam. The calculator was funded by the British government and could compute tables. http://www.livescience.com/20718-computer-history.html
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Grace Hopper develops the first computer language. The language, known as COBOL, helps U.S. track Korea during the war. http://www.livescience.com/20718-computer-history.html
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Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce unveil the first computer chip. They eventually get awarded the Nobel Prize for the chip. http://www.livescience.com/20718-computer-history.html
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General Motors puts a computerized industrial robot to work in a New Jersey factory. http://www.datesandevents.org/events-timelines/07-computer-history-timeline.htm
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American Standard Code for Information Interchange is developed, allowing computers to exchange data between one another. http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/1963/
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John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz develop BASIC, the first word processor. http://www.datesandevents.org/events-timelines/07-computer-history-timeline.htm
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In 1967, IBM created the first floppy disc. This allowed work on the computer to be saved. http://www.datesandevents.org/events-timelines/07-computer-history-timeline.htm
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Seymour Cray develops the very first supercomputer, the CDC7600.
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Intel invents the world's first RAM chip and micro processor. http://www.datesandevents.org/events-timelines/07-computer-history-timeline.htm
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Email is invented by Ray Tomlinson. Users can now interact with each other through computers. http://www.datesandevents.org/events-timelines/07-computer-history-timeline.htm
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Atari releases the first video game ever in 1972. In pong, you hit a ball back and forth with bumpers. http://www.datesandevents.org/events-timelines/07-computer-history-timeline.htm
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Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak create apple computers from Steve Job's garage. http://www.datesandevents.org/events-timelines/07-computer-history-timeline.htm
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Tim Berners-Lee creates a hypertext system that starts the modern internet.
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Google is founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page. One of the first official search engines. http://www.datesandevents.org/events-timelines/07-computer-history-timeline.htm
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Reports show that 1 billion computers have now been purchased and are being used. http://www.datesandevents.org/events-timelines/07-computer-history-timeline.htm
