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| First Used Punched Cards To Program Weaving Looms. (US Census of 1890 took only 6 weeks) |
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| In The 1820's Started Work on "Difference Engine," Performed Various Mathematical Calculations. |
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| Developed Punch Card Reading machine. |
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| Radio Waves Converted into electricity. |
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| Used Physically Moving Parts To Perform Computations. |
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| Built Using Rods, Gears, Electric Motors, And Pulleys. Millitary use for long range weaponry. Considered One of the first "digital computers. |
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| Completed in 1944 at Harvard. Financed by the military. Used for calculating the equations and formulas of the atomic bomb. |
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| Claimed fame for being the first computer to have a "bug," literally a moth had gotten stuck within the computer. |
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| Computer designed to crack Hitlers code "Ultra, or Fish" |
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| Electronic numeric integrator and computer. better and faster way of doing calculations |
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| Error Free Runtime of 8 hours. (electronic discrete variable automatic calculator) |
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| electronic delay storage automatic calculator. historys first certified stored-program computer. |
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| universal automatic computer. size of small garage. 46 were constructed each with the going rate of $1,000,000 used by several different millitary brances. |
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| gives off less heat, uses slightly less power and MUCh smaller than vacuum tubes. contributions for the transistor were largely impart due to the space race. |
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| Computer companys realized the need for smaller and personal desktops. |
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| Computer code instructs the computer how to carry out specified processing tasks. |
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| Created the C++ computer language. |
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| circuit board with built-in connections for a video monitor, tape drive, and keyboard. Did not include case, purchasers needed too build their own. |
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| First personal computer that supported a color display. $1300 |
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| First spreadsheet program-forerunner to excel |
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| First pc maufacturer to gross 1 billion dollars in computer sales. |
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