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Professor John Antasoff and Clifford Berry invent the world's first electric-digital computer at Iowa State University.
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Invented by Howard Aiken and Grace Hopper, the MARK computer weighed 5 tons and had 76,000 pieces.
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The ENIAC ( Electrical Numerical Integrator and Computer) was the first large scale, general purpose computer. It was invented by John Mouchly and J. Presper Eckert.
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UNIVAC was the first commercially sucessful computers in history, selling 30 units. Could only hold 1MB of storage.
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The transistor was invented by Dr. John Bardeen, Dr. Walter Bratten, and William Shockley. The transistor eventually replaced vaccum tubes because it cost less, weighed less, consumed more power and was more reliable.
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The Internet, originally called ARPnet ( Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) was created as a military computer network.
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Bill Gates founded Microsoft in 1975.
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Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak came together to Create Apple in 1976. It was the first computer to use a computer mouse.
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The first laptop called the "Osborne 1" is invented by Adam Osborne. It had a built in screen and cost 1,795$.
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The WORLD WIDE WEB is created by Tim Berners-Lee.
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Microsoft released Windows in 1992. It has since become the most sucessful computer operating system of all time.
