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    The document provides a timeline of important events and inventions in computer history from 1936 to 1985. Some key events include: - The ABC Computer invented by John Atanasoff & Clifford Berry in 1942, considered by some to be the first automatic digital computer. - The ENIAC, completed in 1946, considered the first general-purpose electronic digital computer. It used over 20,000 vacuum tubes. - The invention of the transistor in 1948 by John Bardeen, Walter Brattain & Wiliam Shockley, which greatly impacted computer development and replaced vacuum tubes. - The first commercially successful computer, UNIVAC, was delivered to the U.S. Census Bureau in 1951. - The

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    The document provides a timeline of important events and inventions in computer history from 1936 to 1985. Some key events include: - The ABC Computer invented by John Atanasoff & Clifford Berry in 1942, considered by some to be the first automatic digital computer. - The ENIAC, completed in 1946, considered the first general-purpose electronic digital computer. It used over 20,000 vacuum tubes. - The invention of the transistor in 1948 by John Bardeen, Walter Brattain & Wiliam Shockley, which greatly impacted computer development and replaced vacuum tubes. - The first commercially successful computer, UNIVAC, was delivered to the U.S. Census Bureau in 1951. - The

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    Computer History Year/Enter

    1936 1942

    Computer History Computer History Inventors/Inventio Description of Event ns


    Konrad Zuse - Z1 Computer John Atanasoff & Clifford Berry ABC Computer Howard Aiken & Grace Hopper Harvard Mark I Computer John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly ENIAC 1 Computer Frederic Williams & Tom Kilburn Manchester Baby Computer & The Williams Tube John Bardeen, Walter Brattain & Wiliam Shockley The Transistor John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly UNIVAC Computer International Business Machines IBM 701 EDPM Computer First freely programmable computer. Who was first in the computing biz is not always as easy as ABC.

    1944

    The Harvard Mark 1 computer.

    1946

    20,000 vacuum tubes later...

    1948

    Baby and the Williams Tube turn on the memories.

    1947/48

    No, a transistor is not a computer, but this invention greatly affected the history of computers. First commercial computer & able to pick presidential winners. IBM enters into 'The History of Computers'.

    1951

    1953

    1954 1955 (In Use 1959)

    John Backus & IBM The first successful high level FORTRAN Computer programming language. Programming Language Stanford Research The first bank industry computer - also Institute, Bank of America, MICR (magnetic ink character recognition) and General Electric for reading checks. ERMA and MICR Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce Otherwise known as 'The Chip' The Integrated Circuit Steve Russell & MIT Spacewar Computer Game Douglas Engelbart Computer Mouse & Windows The first computer game invented. Nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end.

    1958 1962

    1964

    1969 1970 1971 1971 1973 1974/75 1976/77

    ARPAnet Intel 1103 Computer Memory Faggin, Hoff & Mazor Intel 4004 Computer Microprocessor Alan Shugart &IBM The "Floppy" Disk

    The original Internet. The world's first available dynamic RAM chip. The first microprocessor. Nicknamed the "Floppy" for its flexibility.

    Robert Metcalfe & Xerox The Ethernet Computer Networking. Networking Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair & The first consumer computers. IBM 5100 Computers Apple I, II & TRS-80 & Commodore Pet Computers Dan Bricklin & Bob Frankston VisiCalc Spreadsheet Software Seymour Rubenstein & Rob Barnaby WordStar Software IBM The IBM PC - Home Computer Microsoft MS-DOS Computer Operating System Apple Lisa Computer Apple Macintosh Computer Microsoft Windows More first consumer computers.

    1978

    Any product that pays for itself in two weeks is a surefire winner.

    1979

    Word Processors. From an "Acorn" grows a personal computer revolution From "Quick And Dirty" comes the operating system of the century. The first home computer with a GUI, graphical user interface. The more affordable home computer with a GUI. Microsoft begins the friendly war with Apple.

    1981

    1981 1983 1984 1985

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