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First Digital computer
Konrad Zuse was a German Engineer. He wanted to find a way to calculate machines to solve more problems in the world. In 1941, he invented the first digital computer. He was originally told he should stop doing what he was trying to do because they thought that field of study was dead. https://www.inverse.com/article/15542-konrad-zuse-s-z3-the-world-s-first-programmable-computer-was-unveiled-75-years-ago -
Electronic Methods (ERMA)
This software served as one of the biggest ones yet, being able to do digitalized checking with a computer readable font. The way it would work was having used a special scanner to read the account numbers preprinted checks that used magnetic ink. https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102680121 -
Kids Use Computers (LOGO)
The company of Seymour Papert They used the word "LOGO" for child language. There would be a mechanical turtle that would act as a pen and pencil. The mechanical turtle would make various different designs on a video display monitor. http://cyberneticzoo.com/cyberneticanimals/1969-the-logo-turtle-seymour-papert-marvin-minsky-et-al-american/ -
Pong- Advamcements in gaming software
Nolan Bushnell created a software for a game called "Pong". You would hit the ball back to the others side, then vise versa. His company was called "Atari Games". This was the start to video games.
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Teaming up to Make One Big Software
The software "MS-DOS" was made by IBM and Microsoft. MS-DOS was a basic software for the new IBM-PC. Bill Gates was the founder of Microsoft. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-DOS -
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word was announced by Microsoft. It was a tool used for writing papers. It sold to many people and was a big hit. Microsoft sold over 450,000 discs.
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Simulators (Sim City)
The company "Maxis" released the game "Sim City". This was an advancement in video games because this added the simulation feature that no other games before this has ever had. This idea was inspired by Will Wright, who had expressed love for ships and airplanes growing up.
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Microsoft Windows Releases
Microsoft made Windows 3.0 in 1990. This version was a much more effective version that was re;eased in 1985. It is similar to MS-DOS. This version helped PC users to use graphical applications. Multiple programs were also able to be run at once for the first time. It would run through what is called a "Microprocessor".
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Linux Operating System
Linux was made by a man named Linus Torvalds. Itb served as a commercial operating system, for cars, web servers, and networking gear. In its early stages, it only really served for computers.
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Apple phone released
Apple was a new software for phones to be released in 2007. Created by Steve Jobs, it served as a 4GB phone for 399 dollars. Many people bough this new phone. Software had came a long way up to this point, and now its starting to make headway for phones.
https://www.computerworld.com/article/2604020/the-evolution-of-apples-iphone.html