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Konrad Zuse created the Z1, the first freely programmable computer in 1936. In 1942, John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry created the ABC computer, and Howard Aiken and Grace Hopper created the Harvard Mark 1 computer. In 1946, the ENIAC was created by John Presper Eckert and John W. Mauchly, and in 1948, Frederic Williams and Tom Kilburn created the Manchester Baby computer. The transistor, invented by John Bardeen, Walter Brattain and William Shockley in 1947/48, greatly impacted the computer industry.

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Computer History

Konrad Zuse created the Z1, the first freely programmable computer in 1936. In 1942, John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry created the ABC computer, and Howard Aiken and Grace Hopper created the Harvard Mark 1 computer. In 1946, the ENIAC was created by John Presper Eckert and John W. Mauchly, and in 1948, Frederic Williams and Tom Kilburn created the Manchester Baby computer. The transistor, invented by John Bardeen, Walter Brattain and William Shockley in 1947/48, greatly impacted the computer industry.

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Computer History Year/Enter 1936 1942

Computer History Inventors/Inventions

Computer History Description of Event

Konrad Zuse - Z1 Computer First freely programmable 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 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.

1944

1946

1948

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'. 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'

1951

1953

1954

1955 (In Use 1959)

1958 1962 1964

Steve Russell & MIT The first computer game Spacewar Computer Game invented. Douglas Engelbart Computer Mouse & Windows ARPAnet Nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end. The original Internet.

1969

1970 1971

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

The world's first available dynamic RAM chip. The first microprocessor.

1971 1973

Nicknamed the "Floppy" for its flexibility. Networking.

1974/75 1976/77

The first consumer computers. More first consumer computers.

1978

Dan Bricklin & Bob Frankston Any product that pays for VisiCalc Spreadsheet itself in two weeks is a Software surefire winner. Seymour Rubenstein & Rob Barnaby WordStar Software IBM The IBM PC - Home Computer Microsoft MS-DOS Computer Operating System Apple Lisa Computer Word Processors.

1979

1981

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

1983

1984

Apple Macintosh Computer Microsoft Windows

1985

The first use of the word "computer" was recorded in 1613, referring to a person who carried out calculations, or computations, and the word continued with the same meaning until the middle of the 20th century. From the end of the 19th century onwards, the word began to take on its more familiar meaning, describing a machine that carries out computations.[3]

A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem. Conventionally a computer consists of some form ofmemory for data storage, at least one element that carries out arithmetic and logic operations, and a sequencing and control element that can change the order of operations based on the information that is stored. Peripheral devices allow information to be entered from an external source, and allow the results of operations to be sent out. A computer's processing unit executes series of instructions that make it read, manipulate and then storedata. Conditional instructions change the sequence of instructions as a function of the current state of the machine or its environment. The first electronic computers were developed in the mid-20th century (19401945). Originally, they were the size of a large room, consuming as much power as several hundred modern personal computers (PCs).[1] Modern computers based on integrated circuits are millions to billions of times more capable than the early machines, and occupy a fraction of the space.[2] Simple computers are small enough to fit into mobile devices, and mobile computers can be powered by small batteries. Personal computers in their various forms are icons of the Information Age and are what most people think of as "computers". However, the embedded computers found in many devices from mp3 players to fighter aircraft and from toys to industrial robots are the most numerous.

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