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Frist Computer
First freely programmable computer. -
First commerical computer
First commercial computer & able to pick presidential winners.
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language
John Backus & IBM made the first successful high level programming language. -
The first bank industry computer
The first bank industry computer - also MICR (magnetic ink character recognition) for reading checks.
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computer game
The first computer game invented. -
microprocessor
Faggin, Hoff & Mazor made the first microprocessor -
The first home computer
The first home computer with a GUI, graphical user interface. -
Microsoft vs Apple
Microsoft begins the friendly war with Apple
http://www.scl.ameslab.gov/ABC/Articles/First-computer.html
