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The First Abacus was invented
Abacus is a calculating tool that was in use centuries before the adoption of the written modern numeral system and is still widely used by merchants, traders and clerks in Asia, Africa, and elsewhere.
Category - Change in power because before these were invented there was no way to calculate. -
The Steamdriven calculating machine was invented
Made by Chales Babbage. It would be able to compute tables of numbers.
Category - Change in power becuase before this was invented there was no way to compute tables of numbers. -
Frist freely programmable computer was invented
Was invented by konrad Zuse. It was called Z1 computer.
Category - Interactivity becuase in changed the way that people could interact with computers. -
The Turing machine was invented.
Made by Alan Turing. Can compute anything that is computeable.
Category - Connectivity becuase it could connect people to answers to hard questions. -
The first attempt to build computer without gears.
Was attempted by J.V. Atanasoff. Attemptes to build the first computer without gears, cams, belts, or shafts.
Category - Availability becuase they tried to make this item available but it did not work. -
First computer to sovle 29 equation simultaneoulys.
Invented by J.V. Atanasoff and Clifford Berry. Marks the first time a computer can store information in its memory.
Category - Change in power because it added power to the computer by adding storage to it. -
The first Electronic Numerical Integator.
Made by John Mauchly and J. Prsper Eckert. Considerd the grandfather of digital computers.
Category - Connectivity because it helped people to integate numbers. -
The first commercial computer was invented.
Made by Mauchly and Presper. First commerical computer for business and goverment applications.
Category - Interactivity because it helped businesses and government to interact easily. -
The first Floppy Disk was invented
Made by: Alan Shugart and his team of IBM engineers. It alows data to be shared among computers.
Category - Interactivity because it allowed data to be shared among computers. -
The first Apple computers were invented
Made by: Steve Jobbs and Steve Wozniak. Was the first computer with a single-circut board.
Category - Availibility because it is more availabile to the world. -
The Second Apple Computer was made
Includes color graphics and incorporates an audio cassette drive for storage.
Category - Change in power because this computer includes new things that were never included in computers before this one. -
First .com was made
Registered years before the World Wide Web would mark the formal beginning of Internet history.
Category - Interactivilty because it allows users to interact easier. -
Apple, Microsoft, and Windows all joined together
Commodore unveils the Amiga 1000, which features advanced audio and video capabillities.
Category - Change in power because it features advances in audio and video ways. -
Microprocessor advances
The Pentium microprocessor advances the use of graphics and music on PCs.
Category - Change in power because it advances the use of graphics and music. -
Mac OS X Operating System was invented
Provides protected memory architecture and pre-emptive multi-tasking, among other benefits. Not to be outdone, Microsoft rolls out Windows XP, which has a significantly redesigned GUI.
Category - Change in power because it provides new protected memory. -
Firefox challenges Microsoft
Mozillaś Firefox 1.0 challenges Microsoftś Internet Explorer, the dominant Web browsers.
Category - Connectivity because it changed the way that other internet facilities connected. -
YouTube is founded
YouTube, a video sharing sevice, is founded. Google acquires Andriod, a Linux - based mobile phone operating system.
Category - Interactivity because it allows users to interact better through music and comments. -
First Macbook Pro is invented
Apple introduces Macbook Pro. Its first intell - based dual - core mobile computer, as well as an Intel - based iMac.
Category - Change in power because it provides new advances in computers. -
First iPhone is invented
The iPhone brings many computer functions to the smartphone.
Category - Connectivity because it changed the way that phones were looked at. -
Lauch of Windows 7
Windows 7 offers the ability to pin applications to the taskbar and advances in touch and handwriting recognition, among other features.
Category - Availibility because it was availabile everyone around the world. -
First Apple iPad
The iPad changing the way consumers view media and jump-starting the dormant tablet computer segment.
Category - Interactivity because changed the way that people around the world interacted with the Internet and each other. -
Release of the Chromebook
The Chromebook is a laptop that runs the Google chrome OS.
Category - Change in computer size because Chromebooks are much smaller than computers before it. -
Facebook grows
Facebook gains 1 billion users.
Category - Interactivity because more people began to interact with each other through Internet. -
The release of Apple Watch
Apple lauches the Watch. It has the ability of using computer functions in a watch.
Category - Change in power because it allowed people to access Internet through their watchs. -
Release of the Windows 10
Windows 10 is a personal computer operating system.
Category - Change in power because it made computers more personal to the user.
