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-Babbage conceived of a steam-driven calculating machine that would be able to compute tables of numbers.
-The Difference Engine-The Analytical Engine (1830) -
The first freely programmable computer.
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Considered the grandfather of digital computers.
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Introduced the 650, the first mass produced computer.
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The integrated circuit - the computer chip.
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shows a prototype of the modern computer with a mouse and a graphical user interface.
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Dynamic Access Memory chip.
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Invented by Alan Shugart at IBM.
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The Alto computer by Xerox had the first work station with a built-in mouse for input.
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Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair & IBM 5100 Computers
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Offered coloured graphics and incorporateed an audio cassette drive for storage.
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The “Acorn”. It used Microsoft’s MS-DOS operating system.
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Quite a few years before the introduction of the WWW.
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He developsed HyperText Markup Language which in turn allowed for the World Wide Web.
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Furthers the use of graphics and music on computers
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iMac released, Apple gains more popularity
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Wireless internet first emerges
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The first 64-bit processor released to consumers.
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The release of Apple's its first Intel-based, dual-core mobile computer.
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Smart phone with computer like characterisitics
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Tablet computer emerges.