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The History of Computing
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UNIVAC I (UNIVersal Automatic Computer I)
First commercially produced digital computer, released in 1951.
ARPANET
The precursor to the internet, initial rollout in 1969.
IBM System/360
Family of mainframe computer systems that established a standard for IBM, released in 1964.
IBM 5150 (IBM PC)
The original version and progenitor of the IBM PC compatible hardware platform, released in 1981.
Apple I
The first product of Apple Inc., hand-built by Steve Wozniak, released in 1976.
World Wide Web
An information system where documents and other web resources are identified by URLs, invented in 1989.
Apple Macintosh
First commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a graphical user interface, released in 1984.
NeXT Computer
Advanced computer workstation, aimed at the higher education and business markets, released in 1988.
ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer)
First programmable, general-purpose digital computer, released in 1946.
Google Search Engine
A search engine developed by Google LLC, released in 1997.
DEC PDP-8
The first successful commercial minicomputer, released in 1965.
IBM 650
One of the first mass-produced computers, released in 1953.
Windows 95
An operating system which introduced the Start menu and Taskbar, released by Microsoft in 1995.
CRAY-1
The first successful vector processor supercomputer, released in 1976.
Commodore 64
Best-selling single personal computer model of all time, released in 1982.
Altair 8800
Considered as the spark that ignited the microcomputer revolution, released in 1975.
Intel 4004
The first commercially available microprocessor, released in 1971.
The Colossus
A set of computers used by British codebreakers during World War II to help read encrypted German messages, operational by 1943.
Intel Pentium Processor
Microprocessor that represented a fifth-generation CPU architecture, released in 1993.
The Analytical Engine
A proposed mechanical general-purpose computer by Charles Babbage, the design of which was conceptualized in 1837.
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