| Computer History Year/Enter  | 
        Computer History Inventors/Inventions  | 
        Computer History Description of Event  | 
      
| Konrad Zuse - Z1 Computer | First freely programmable computer. | |
| John Atanasoff & Clifford Berry ABC Computer  | 
        Who was first in the computing biz is not always as easy as ABC. | |
| Howard Aiken & Grace Hopper Harvard Mark I Computer  | 
        The Harvard Mark 1 computer. | |
| John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly ENIAC 1 Computer  | 
        20,000 vacuum tubes later... | |
| Frederic Williams & Tom Kilburn Manchester Baby Computer & The Williams Tube  | 
        Baby and the Williams Tube turn on the memories. | |
| John Bardeen, Walter Brattain & Wiliam Shockley The Transistor  | 
        No, a transistor is not a computer, but this invention greatly affected the history of computers. | |
| John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly UNIVAC Computer  | 
        First commercial computer & able to pick presidential winners. | |
| International Business Machines IBM 701 EDPM Computer  | 
        IBM enters into 'The History of Computers'. | |
| John Backus & IBM  FORTRAN Computer Programming Language  | 
        The first successful high level programming language. | |
| Stanford Research Institute, Bank of America,  and General Electric ERMA and MICR  | 
        The first bank industry computer - also MICR (magnetic ink character recognition) for reading checks. | |
| Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce The Integrated Circuit  | 
        Otherwise known as 'The Chip' | |
| Steve Russell & MIT Spacewar Computer Game  | 
        The first computer game invented. | |
| Douglas Engelbart Computer Mouse & Windows  | 
        Nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end. | |
| ARPAnet | The original Internet. | |
| Intel 1103 Computer Memory | The world's first available dynamic RAM chip. | |
| Faggin, Hoff & Mazor Intel 4004 Computer Microprocessor  | 
        The first microprocessor. | |
| Alan Shugart &IBM The "Floppy" Disk  | 
        Nicknamed the "Floppy" for its flexibility. | |
| Robert Metcalfe & Xerox The Ethernet Computer Networking  | 
        Networking. | |
| Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair & IBM 5100 Computers | The first consumer computers. | |
| Apple I, II & TRS-80 & Commodore Pet Computers | More first consumer computers. | |
| Dan Bricklin & Bob Frankston VisiCalc Spreadsheet Software  | 
        Any product that pays for itself in two weeks is a surefire winner. | |
| Seymour Rubenstein & Rob Barnaby WordStar Software  | 
        Word Processors. | |
| IBM The IBM PC - Home Computer  | 
        From an "Acorn" grows a personal computer revolution | |
| Microsoft MS-DOS Computer Operating System  | 
        From "Quick And Dirty" comes the operating system of the century. | |
| Apple Lisa Computer | The first home computer with a GUI, graphical user interface. | |
| Apple Macintosh Computer | The more affordable home computer with a GUI. | |
| Microsoft Windows | Microsoft begins the friendly war with Apple. | |
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COMPUTER HISTOTY INVENTORS/INVENTIONS
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