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Berry Computer- Automatic digital computer
A computer able to solve 19 equations simultaneously. First to "save" memory but was unreliable because it was on paper.
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ARPANET- First Network
ARPANET was the first network created by/for the U.S. government by a group named DARPA. First packet switching network that developed into today's modern internet. The acronym stood for Advanced Research Projects Agency Network.
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PLATO- First Touchscreen Computer
Also considered the first computer-assisted instruction and first touchscreen computer with kids getting to answer questions by simply touching the screen. A few things were first developed and introduced with PLATO, forums, message board, online testing, e-mail, chat rooms, remote screen sharing, and multiplayer games.
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Pong - First Video Game
Creator founded and was CEO of the famous Atari Corporation which this is the first game they developed and sold successfully. Considered a sports arcade game.
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First Mobile Phone Call
1st phone call from Martin Cooper calling a rival telecommunications company and told them he was speaking via a mobile phone. It weighed 1.1kg and measured 22.6x127x44.4mm.
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Ethernet - First Networking Cable
First prototype, a 2.94 Mbps CSMA/CD system connecting more then 100 workstations on a 1 Km cable, available on 11/11/73. Creator was inspired by the ALOHAnet paper and returning from Washington he wrote his thoughts down on paper and began from there, thus the "Ethernet" was born.
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Apple1 - First Apple product
Introductory price was $666.66 (equivalent to $2,772 in 2015). It was designed and hand built by himself Steve Wozniak and was recommended to sell by his friend Steve Jobs.
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Osborne1 - First Portable Computer
Adam Osborne, the founder of Osborne Computer Company, enlisted Lee Felsenstein, who also designed a computer 5 years earlier in 1976 to design this computer. Weighs 24.5 pounds to carry around like a luggage.
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EyePhone- First Virtual Reality
For you to own this one of a kind technology at the time for the entire thing cost $250,000. Investors lost interest with this because of the heaviness of them and they looked weird so they went towards mobile technology.
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NES- First of Nintendo
It was Nintendo's first time selling a console out of Japan. In Japan it is known as the "Family Computer".
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First Website
The 1st website still exist today (info.cern.ch). This site provides information about the world wide web.
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Bluetooth First Invented
The name originated from a tenth century Danish King Harald Blatand meaning Harold Bluetooth. Was intended for an open standard to allow connectivity and collaboration between products and industries.
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ThumbDrive - First USB Drive
It was invented and introduced in Germany but became so successful they grew globally. Took only 1 year to develop to out do the floppy disk.
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Microsoft First tablet
A decade before Steve Jobs very popular iPad was actually not the first tablet out there but the not so out there Microsoft touch input tablet computer. It had 128 MB of RAM and a 600 MHZ processor.
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First Samsung Galaxy Phone (S)
This is the third in the android smartphone series produced by Samsung. There are over than two dozen variations of the Galaxy S. They sold out very quickly every where in the world.
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