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John Atanasoff & Clifford Berry
ABC Computer I thought this was a cool event because the abc computer was basically the start of new technology. -
Howard Aiken & Grace Hopper
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The EDVAC (Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer) is completed at Moore School by Mauchly, Eckert and Von Neumann. The EDVAC was a great invention since it made computers easier and faster to use.
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IBM builds the first hard drive. It contains fifty 24 inch disks, has a capacity of 5 MB and costs over US$1,000,000 I thought that was crazy how much the first hard drive was worth but I gues it was a pretty big deal.
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Douglas Englebart develops a working mouse. This is a great inviention so you can choose to use applications without typing, therefore making life easier.
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The first Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) is installed This was definetly a great invention because this made life a lot easier; instead of having to drive to your bank you could just walk to an ATM machine.
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Steven Jobs and Stephen Wozniak start building computers in the Jobs' family garage. Steve jobs garage was the place where great break throughs were made
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IBM introduces the first laser printer The world basically lives on printers.
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The first "laptop" computer, the TRS-80 Model 100 This is how people gain raises in their jobs because they can do work even on the go.
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There are now about 1000 known computer viruses, up from 5 in 1988 This is a terrible but true fact, people just do this to annoy others and ruin there technology
