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Computer History Table

The document provides a timeline of important events and inventions in computer history from 1936 to 1983. Some of the key events and inventions included the Z1 computer in 1936, the ABC computer in 1942, the ENIAC in 1946, the transistor in 1947, the UNIVAC in 1951 which was able to predict presidential elections, the first high-level programming language FORTRAN in 1954, the first integrated circuit or "chip" in 1958, the first computer game in 1962, the computer mouse and networking in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the microprocessor in 1971, the floppy disk in 1971, the IBM PC in 1981 which helped launch the personal computer revolution, and the Microsoft MS-DOS operating system in

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Computer History Table

The document provides a timeline of important events and inventions in computer history from 1936 to 1983. Some of the key events and inventions included the Z1 computer in 1936, the ABC computer in 1942, the ENIAC in 1946, the transistor in 1947, the UNIVAC in 1951 which was able to predict presidential elections, the first high-level programming language FORTRAN in 1954, the first integrated circuit or "chip" in 1958, the first computer game in 1962, the computer mouse and networking in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the microprocessor in 1971, the floppy disk in 1971, the IBM PC in 1981 which helped launch the personal computer revolution, and the Microsoft MS-DOS operating system in

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Computer History Year/Enter 1936 1942 1944 1946 1948 1947/48 1951 1953 1954 1955 (In Use

1959) 1958 1962 1964 1969 1970 1971 1971 1973 1974/75 1976/77 1978 1979 1981 1981 1983

Computer History Inventors/Inventions 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 John Backus & IBM FORTRAN Computer Programming Language Stanford Research Institute, Bank of America, and General Electric ERMA and MICR Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce The Integrated Circuit Steve Russell & MIT Spacewar Computer Game Douglas Engelbart Computer Mouse & Windows ARPAnet Intel 1103 Computer Memory Faggin, Hoff & Mazor Intel 4004 Computer Microprocessor Alan Shugart &IBM The "Floppy" Disk Robert Metcalfe & Xerox The Ethernet Computer Networking Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair & 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

Computer History Description of Event First freely programmable computer. Who was first in the computing biz is not always as easy as ABC. The Harvard Mark 1 computer. 20,000 vacuum tubes later... Baby and the Williams Tube turn on the memories. 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'. The first successful high level programming language. The first bank industry computer - also MICR (magnetic ink character recognition) for reading checks. Otherwise known as 'The Chip' The first computer game invented. Nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end. The original Internet. The world's first available dynamic RAM chip. The first microprocessor. Nicknamed the "Floppy" for its flexibility. Networking. The first consumer computers. More first consumer computers. Any product that pays for itself in two weeks is a surefire winner. 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.

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