| 1943 - 1951 |
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1943
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The first "Walkie-Talkie" is invented by Dan Nobel.
This portable FM two-way radio uses 35 lb backpacks. |
U.S. Army Photo
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1945
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J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly join forces to
develop the Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer (EDVAC)
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1945
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John Neumann outlines the principles of a stored-program
computer |
Naval Historical Center
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1945
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Grace Murray Hopper discovers a moth in her computer:
the first computer "bug." |
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1946
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The ENIAC is unveiled at the Moore School of Electrical
Engineering at UPENN and is accepted by the U.S. Army Ordnance
Corps |
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1947
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Magnetic drum memory is introduced |
Lucent Technologies Inc. / Bell Labs
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1947
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The world's first transistor is developed at Bell
Labs |
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1948
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Researchers at the University of Manchester develop
the Manchester Mark I, a computer with all the main components
of today's computers that can store data and user programs in electronic
memory |
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1949
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Jay Forrester refines magnetic core memory in his
work on the Whirlwind computer |
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1949
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John Mauchly creates first high-level programming
language: Short Order Code |
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1950
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Alan Turing asks "Can Machines Think?" and outlines
criteria for the Turing Test of machine intelligence |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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1951
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The UNIVAC (Universal Automatic Computer) I is completed |
