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Hello, this is my timeline!1642: Pascaline – Blaise Pascal invents the first mechanical calculator to perform basic math.
1804: Jacquard Loom – Joseph-Marie Jacquard creates a programmable loom using punched cards.
1823: Difference Engine – Charles Babbage invents a machine capable of solving polynomial equations.
1837: Analytical Engine – Babbage develops a machine with components similar to a modern computer: CPU (mill), memory (store), and input/output.
1936: Z1 – Konrad Zuse builds a general-purpose mechanical computer.
1939: ABC Computer – John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry invent the first special-purpose electronic computer.
1943: Colossus – Tommy Flowers’ team develops the first programmable electronic digital computer, aiding WWII codebreaking.
1946: ENIAC – Mauchly and Eckert build the first general-purpose, fully electronic computer.
1950: Vacuum Tube Computers – Large, costly computers used mainly by professionals.
1959: Transistor Computers – Smaller and cheaper with transistor technology; high-level programming languages emerge.
1965: Integrated Circuits – Chip technology and the software industry are born.
1975: Desktop Computers – Altair 8800 and IBM PC popularize home computing; computer networks begin.
1985: Miniaturization and Internet – Emergence of laptops, smartphones, multimedia, Internet, and virtual reality.