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John Napier created a device, made up of a set of rods, that could perform simple calculations
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Pascal created a machine that could perform calculations and add numbers up to 8 digits
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Jacquard developed a weaving loom that used punched cards to replicate designs into fabrics
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Charles Babbage creates an adding and multiplying machine called the difference engine. It was the first input-decision-output device.
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Hollerith invented s machine for the U.S. Census. It was a punched card calculator that only needed six weeks to complete the census, as opposed to 7 years for the previous census.
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Forest invented the first electronic tube, which made electronic computers possible.
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An electronic machine was developed to break the German encryption code during WWII
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Great Britain makes a code breaking machine, then destroys it to keep the technology hidden from the enemies.
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Ballistics Research Labrotories creates a computer that can make 100,000 calculations per second.
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William Shockley, Walter Brattain, John Bardeen invent the Transistor at Bell Labrotories
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Princeton makes the first computer to use magnetic tape for storage.
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Dr. Nakamats invents the floppy disk
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Remington Rand makes the first computer made in numbers for businesses
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Kilby changes computers forever with the invention of the integrated circuit
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The Mouse was Invented
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Intel invents the RAM Chip
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Hoff invents the microprocessor
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The first supercomputer "Cray 1" is delivered.
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The Apple 1 came out
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The Apple 2 came out. The Apple 2 was the first personal computer to really take off publicly
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The Commodore PET comes out
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Radio Shack comes out with the TRS-80.
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Intel introduces the 8086 microprocessor. Which has the power of 29,000 transistors.
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Microsoft designs an operating system for an IBM PC. The license it to users for a fee, and microsft becomes the rich and powerful company they are today.
