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  • charles babbage

    charles babbage
    26 December 1791 –18 October 1871) was an English polymath.A mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, Babbage is best remembered for originating the concept of a programmable computer.

  • punch card system

    punch card system
    1890: Herman Hollerith designs a punch card system

  • computer

    computer
    1937: J.V. Atanasoff, a professor of physics and mathematics at Iowa State University, attempts to build the first computer without gears.

  • computer data

    computer data
    1941: Atanasoff and his graduate student, Clifford Berry, design a computer that can solve 29 equations simultaneously. first time a computer is able to store data

  • t

    t
    Two University of Pennsylvania professors—John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert—build the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator they are Considered the grandfather of digital computers, it fills a 20 foot by 40 foot room and has 18,000 vacuum tubes.

  • grace hopper

    grace hopper
    1953: Grace Hopper develops the first computer language, which eventually becomes known as COBOL.

  • FORTRAN

    FORTRAN
    1954: The FORTRAN programming language is born.

  • COMPUTER chip

    COMPUTER chip
    1958: Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce unveil the integrated circuit, known as the computer chip.

  • D.A.M

    D.A.M
    1970: The newly formed Intel unveils the Intel 1103, the first Dynamic Access Memory

  • floppy disk

    floppy disk
    1971: Alan Shugart leads a team of IBM engineers who invent the “floppy disk,” allowing data to be shared among computers.

  • Ethernet

    Ethernet
    1973: Robert Metcalfe, a member of the research staff for Xerox, develops Ethernet for connecting multiple computers and other hardware.

  • personal computer

    personal computer
    1974-1977: A number of personal computers hit the market

  • IMB

    IMB
    1975: The IBM 5100 becomes the first commercially available portable computer.

  • apple 2

    apple 2
    1977: Jobs and Wozniak incorporate Apple and show the Apple II at the first West Coast Computer Faire. It offers color graphics and incorporates an audio cassette drive for storage.

  • Apple

    Apple
    1976: Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak start Apple Computers on April Fool’s Day and roll out the Apple I, the first computer with a single-circuit board.

  • modern computer

    modern computer
    1964: Douglas Engelbart shows a prototype of the modern computer, with a mouse and a graphical user interface