Timeline: Technology History

Feb 14, 1946

ENIAC Invented

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ENIAC stands for Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer. The ENIAC was the first electronic general purpose computer. In Feburary of 1946 the ENIAC was determined to cost about $500,000.

Sep 12, 1950

SEAC

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SEAC stands for Standards Eastern Automatic Computer. The SEAC was the first computer to use all-diode logic. This was technology that was more reliable than vacuum tubes.

Sep 12, 1960

DEC PDP-1

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The DEC PDP-1 was sold for $120,000. The DED PDP-1 needed no air condtioner. It only required one operator.

Sep 12, 1960

AT&T Dataphone

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AT&T designed a datphone, which was the first commercial modem, specifically for ocnverting digital computer data to analog signals for transmission across long distance network.

Sep 12, 1964

IBM's SABRE Reservation System

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SABRE reservation system, set up for American Airlines. They used it through telephone lines, which linked 2,000 terminalss in 65 cities to a pair of IBM 7090 computers, which delivered data on any flight in less than three seconds.

Sep 12, 1969

ARPANET

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ARPANET stands for Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. Was one of the world's first operational packet switching networks.

Sep 12, 1971

First E-mail Sent

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Ray Tomlinson of the research firm Bolt, Beranek and Newman sent the very first e-mail unintentionally. Ray was supposed to be working on other project. He was credited to be the one who decied on the "@" sign for e-mail. The e-mail was sent over a military network called ARPANET.

Sep 12, 1977

Apple 2

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The Apple II is an 8-bit home computer. It was the first highly successful mass prduced microcomputer products. They first went on sale on June 10, 1977.

Sep 12, 1980

Seagate Technology First Hard Disk for Microcomputers

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Seagate Technology came out with the first hard disk for microcomputers, the ST506. The hard disk held 5 megabytes of data, which is five times as much as a standard floppy disk, plus it fit in the space of a floppy disk drive.

Jun 12, 1981

Osborne 1

Osborne 1 Computers
The Osborne 1 is considered to be the first portable full featured computer. The Osborne 1 is similar to a carrying case. It weighs 24.5 pounds.

Sep 12, 1982

Commodore 64

Commodore 64 Computers
Commodore 64 was extremely popular. More Commodore 64s have been sold than any other single computer system. The C64 looks nearly identical to the Commodore VIC-20. The C64 was more powerful with more features.

Sep 12, 1994

Iomeaga Zip Disk

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The Iomega Zip Disk system allowed 100MB to be stored on a cartridge. The size of the cartridge was the size of 3 1/2 inch floppy disk. The storage was soon upgraded from 100MB to 2GB.

Nov 9, 2004

Mozilla Firefox Browser

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On November 9, 2004 Mozilla releases the Mozilla Firefox browser. Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser for Windows, OS X, and Linux, with a mobile version for Android. In July of 2013, Firefox has between 16% and 21% of worldwide usage, which makes it the third most popular web browser.