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[8] 1960–1964 Baran, Paul: One of two independent inventors of the concept of digital packet switching used in modern computer networking including the Internet. [9] [10] Published a series of briefings and papers about dividing information into "message blocks" and sending them over distributed networks (1960–1964). [11] [12] 1874 Baudot ...
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is a 1977 Newbery Medal [1] [2] awarded novel by Mildred D. Taylor. It is a part of her Logan family series, a sequel to her 1975 novella Song of the Trees .
Had Turing's ACE been built as planned and in full, it would have been in a different league from the other early computers. [52] Later in the 1950s, the first operating system, GM-NAA I/O, supporting batch processing to allow jobs to be run with less operator intervention, was developed by General Motors and North American Aviation for the IBM ...
According to the IEEE Annals of Computer History, the MCM/70 is the earliest commercial, non-kit personal computer. [32] IBM 5100: 1975: An early portable computer with integrated monitor; the 5100 was possibly one of the first portable microcomputers using a CRT display. Sphere 1: 1975: A personal computer that was among the earliest complete ...
The Computer History in time and space, Graphing Project, an attempt to build a graphical image of computer history, in particular operating systems. The Computer Revolution/Timeline at Wikibooks "File:Timeline.pdf - Engineering and Technology History Wiki" (PDF). ethw.org. 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-10-31
Tommy Flowers (1905–1998), UK – Colossus an early electronic computer. Irmgard Flügge-Lotz (1903–1974), U.S. – aircraft guidance systems; Thomas J. Fogarty (born 1934), U.S. – Embolectomy catheter (medicine) Larry Fondren, U.S. – entrepreneur, inventor and credit markets expert
This is considered to be the first example of a true computer program, a series of instructions that act upon data not known in full until the program is run. Following Babbage, although unaware of his earlier work, Percy Ludgate [14] [15] in 1909 published the 2nd of the only two designs for mechanical analytical engines in history. [16]
1982: The first laptop computer is launched, the 8/16-bit Epson HX-20. [525] 1983: Stereolithography is invented by Chuck Hull. [526] 1983: Ameritech, now known as AT&T, commercialized the Bell System (its cellular network) in Chicago, Ill. [527] [528] 1984: The first commercially available cell phone in the US, the DynaTAC 8000X, is created by ...