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Updated: 7 Aug 2018
THE GOAT COMPUTORS
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DARPAquantumapple watchfacebook 1 billlion userschromeboookipadwindows 7iPhone functionsmacbook proyoutubefirefox 1.064-bitmac os xwifi$150 millionsergey bringaming machinesmicroprocessorhypertextdeskpro 386dot-commicrosoft announces windowspersonal computorsacornmicroprovisicalcwozniakradio shackssteve jobsminicomputor1974-1977robert metcalfefloppy diskdramunixprototypejack kilbyFORTRANgrace hopperwilliam shockleyleave universityprofessorsatanasofffoundedattempts to build the first computer without gears, cams, belts or shafts.presents the notion of a universal machineHerman Hollerith designs a punch card system to calculate the 1880 censusEnglish mathematician Charles Babbage conceives of a steam-driven calculating machine that would be able to compute tables of numbers.In France, Joseph Marie Jacquard invents a loom that uses punched wooden cards to automatically weave fabric designs.
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