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1. Write 200 words or give a three-minute oral report about the history of computers.

1936
The first programmable computer is the Z1 originally created by Germany's Konrad Zuse in his parents living room in 1936 to 1938 is considered to be the first electrical binary programmable computer. The first digital computer, the ABC started being developed by Professor John Vincent Atanasoff and graduate student Cliff Berry in 1937.
1943
Then followed the ENIAC, then the EDSAC as the first stored program electronic computer.
1954
Toshiba introduces its first computer, the TAC digital computer.
1958
NEC builds its first computer, the NEAC 1101
1960
Digital Equipment Corporation released its first of many PDP computers, the PDP-1
1966
Hewlett Packard released its first general computer, the HP - 2115
1974
XEROX ALTO is considered to be the first workstation.
1975
Ed Roberts coined the term personal computer when he introduced the Altair 8800, although the first personal computer is considered to be the Kenback-1.
1981
IBM introduced the IBM PC.
1983
Compaq released its first computer and the first 100% IBM compatible computer, the Compaq Portable
1984
IBM PCD later released the IBM portable.
1985
Dell introduced its first computer, the Turbo PC
1994
IBM introduces the IBM thinkPad 775CD, the first notebook with an integrated CD-ROM. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) was founded.
1995
Java is introduced. Hotmail is started
1998
Google is founded
2001
Window XP & Mac OS X are released
2004
Mozilla Firefox is released
2005
Xbox is released
2006
iMac is released. Wii is released
2007
Window Vista & Mac OS X Leopard are released
2009
Window 7 & Mac OS X Snow Leopard are released