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The Word 'Computer' Was First Used To Describe A Person Who Performed Calculations

The document traces the history of computers from the 1600s to the present day, highlighting important milestones such as Charles Babbage developing the Difference Engine, Alan Turing developing the Turing machine, the first portable computer, the creation of the World Wide Web, and Microsoft buying Minecraft.

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The Word 'Computer' Was First Used To Describe A Person Who Performed Calculations

The document traces the history of computers from the 1600s to the present day, highlighting important milestones such as Charles Babbage developing the Difference Engine, Alan Turing developing the Turing machine, the first portable computer, the creation of the World Wide Web, and Microsoft buying Minecraft.

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1613 1822

Charles Babbage began to


The word 'computer' was
develop his 'Difference Engine'
first used to describe a
with help from Ada Lovelace.
person who performed This could compute sets of
calculations. numbers and 'print' the results.
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1837
Babbage proposed the first
1936
Konrad Zuse began work
mechanical computer, on the first electro-
the 'Analytical Engine', mechanical computer.
but he wasn't able to build It read instructions
it while he was alive. from 35mm film.
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1936
Alan Turing began to Tommy Flowers
1943
develop the Turing demonstrated the first electric
machine, which was the programmable computer, the
foundation for ideas Colossus, which could read
about computing. encrypted German messages.
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1949 1950
The EDSAC performed its The Univac 1101 was the
first calculation. This first computer that could
computer ran the first store and run a program
graphical computer game. from its memory.
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1960s 1968
Hewlett Packard began to
The first computer mouse
sell the first desktop
was invented.
computer.

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1973 1975
The first portable computer
The first mobile phone call was sold. The IBM 5100 had
was made. a five inch screen and
weighed 55 pounds.
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1976 1985
The Apple Computer The first version of
company sold their first Microsoft Windows was
computer, the Apple I. released.
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1986 1989
The first PC virus was Tim Berners-Lee invented
released into the ‘wild’. the World Wide Web.

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1996 1999
Many people and businesses
Google began as a research feared that the arrival of the
project by Larry Page and year 2000 would cause
Sergey Brin. devastating computer
problems around the world.
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2005 2007
Youtube was launched,
allowing users to upload, The first iPhone was
share and view videos launched.
online.
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2012 2014
Microsoft bought
The one billionth user
the makers of Minecraft
registered on Facebook.
for $2.5 billion.

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