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Steam Drivin Calculating Machine
Charles Babbage creates a machine that would be able to compute tables of numbers. -
Punch Card System
Herman Hollerith designs a system called the punch card system to calculate the 1880 census -
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The Attempt of a Computer
J.V. Atanasoff, a professor of physics and mathematics attempts to build the first computer without gears, cams, belts or shafts. -
Design of a Computer
Atanasoff and his graduate student, Clifford Berry, design a computer that can solve 29 equations a the the same time -
Electronic Numerical Integrator
Two University of Pennsylvania professors build the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator (ENIAC). -
UNIVAC
Mauchly and Presper leave the University of Pennsylvania and receive funding from the Census Bureau to build the UNIVAC, the first commercial computer for business and government applications. -
COBOL
Grace Hopper makes the first computer language, which is known as COBOL. -
FORTRAN
the FORTRAN language is made -
Computer Chip
The integrated circuit, known as the computer chip is made -
GUI
Douglas Engelbart shows a prototype of the modern computer, with a mouse and a graphical user interface -
DRAM
The first Dynamic Access Memory (DRAM) chip. -
Floppy Disk
Alan Shugart leads a team of IBM engineers who invent the “floppy disk,” allowing data to be shared among computers. -
Ethernet
Robert Metcalfe develops Ethernet for connecting multiple computers and other hardware. -
First Commercial Computer
The IBM 5100 becomes the first commercially available portable computer. -
Apple I
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak start Apple Computers and roll out the Apple I, the first computer with a single-circuit board.
