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Watson - 2011 - Tejpaul

What Happened: Watson was created as a question answering machine that IBM built to understand and answer questions posed in natural language. The computer was originally created to answer questions on the show Jeopardy and in 2011 competed on the show playing against Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings, winning the first place prize of $1 million. Why it was important: This computer showed that computers were getting smarter than humans in natural question answer queries. Who was involved: IBM created the Watson computer. The other two Jeopardy players were Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings.

First iPhone, 2007 - Samantha

What happened: The iPhone is the first smartphone model designed and marketed by Apple. After years of rumors and speculation, it was officially announced on January 9, 2007, and was later released in the United States on June 29, 2007. It featured quad-band GSM cellular connectivity with GPRS and EDGE support for data transfer. Why is it important: This is important because they have improved the iPhones since this and many people today use an iPhone and use it for good things. Who was involved: Steve Jobs was the main person involved

Choose Your Own: Facebook, 2004 - Tejpaul

What happened: In 2003, Mark Zuckerburg, a student at Harvard University at the time, created an online service named FaceMash which allowed students only in Harvard to judge the attractiveness of their fellow students. Two days later, the website was shut down by the university. In the two days that FaceMash was active, 450 people visited it and voted approximately 22,000 times. This success caused Zuckerburg, along with roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes to start a new social network called the Facebook. In early 2004, TheFacebook.com launched for Harvard students. This was closer to today's Facebook because people could post photos and share information. Facebook continued to grow to the largest social network in the world. Why is it important: Facebook has grown to become one of the world's largest social networks. It has connected people in such a way, that it would be much harder to live our day-to-day life the way we usually would. It helps us know about current events and the news and current disasters. Who was involved: The main people that created Facebook were Mark Zuckerburg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.

Sergey Brin and Larry Page - Google, 1998 - Mikelle Quinones

What Happened: In 1995, Stanford University student Sergey Brin was taking Larry Page on a tour of the school. (Apparently they didn't like each other very much). Later when Page was choosing a topic for his doctoral thesis he chose the World Wide Web. This led him to ask the question of can websites be ranked by their importance using links. Because of the complexity of the math, Page turned to Brin for help. They named this first version of the browser BackRub. After realizing the massive scale of their project, they renamed the project Google, after the number googol which is a 1 with 100 zeros in front of it. Google led to search results that were far better than what you could find before. A $100,000 check from investor Andy Bechtolsheim, which was written to Google Inc., led to Brin and Page incorporating. And it only grew. Why it was important: Google's importance starts from the fact that it has organized all the websites in the world using hyperlinks and has given us the advantage of having so much information at our fingertips. Who was involved: Larry Page was the main inventor while Sergey Brin definitely helped. Andy Bechtoisheim was the one that got them to incorporate Google. The engineers that work on Google also help now.

Kasparov vs. Deep Blue, 1996 - 1997 - Tejpaul

What Happened: Deep Blue vs Garry Kasparov was a pair of six game chess matches in 1966 and 1967 between world chess champion Garry Kasparov and the IBM supercomputer nicknamed Deep Blue. Kasparov won the first set of games on February 10, 1966. The second set of games played in New York City, was won by Deep Blue on May 11, 1997. The 1997 match was the first defeat of a reigning world champion against a computer. Why was it an important event: This event showed that a computer's artificial intelligence was catching up to human intelligence. This was the first time a computer outsmarted a human, an incredibly smart human at that. Who was involved: Garry Kasparov, world chess champion, was challenged by IBM to play a chess match against their supercomputer nicknamed Deep Blue.

Tim Berners-Lee, 1989 - Samantha

What happened: Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989. He is the Director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), a Web standards organization founded in 1994 which develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential. He is a Director of the World Wide Web Foundation which was launched in 2009 to coordinate efforts to further the potential of the Web to benefit humanity. A graduate of Oxford University, Sir Tim invented the Web while at CERN, the European Particle Physics Laboratory, in 1989. He wrote the first web client and server in 1990. His specifications of URIs, HTTP and HTML were refined as Web technology spread. Why was it an important event: This is important because the world wide web opened up the internet to everyone, not just scientists. It connected the world in a way that was not possible before and made it much easier for people to get information, share and communicate. Who was involved: The World Wide Web Consortium was founded by Tim Berners-Lee after he left the European Organization for Nuclear Research in October 1994.

Tabulator Machine, - Herman Hollerith - 1888 - Tejpaul

What Happened: The tabulating machine was designed to assist in summarizing information stored on punched cards. The machine was developed to help process data for the 1890 U.S. Census. Later models were widely used for business applications such as accounting and inventory control. It spawned a class of machines, known as unit record equipment, and the data processing industry. Why it was important: This machine helped process information quicker on punched cards. This helped during the 1890 U.S. Census because it allowed information to be processed quicker on the punched cards. Who was involved: Herman Hollerith and the U.S. government.

Floppy Disk 1967- Dayanara Jimenez Flores

What Happened: The Floppy Disk was invented in 1967 and was helpful when storing information. A floppy disk is a removable magnetic disk and it is encased in hard plastic and is used for storing data. Why is this event considered major part of computing history: This invention is considered a major part of computing history because of its useful ability to store any kind of information. Since this was invented it has changed all over the years. The size of the floppy disk has changed and so has its name. Who was involved: The one's who invented the floppy disk were IBM . They had created it for useful and helpful ways in order to store important information.The first ever floppy disk size was at 8 inches. As time went by it got smaller and smaller. Now its being called a flash drive. Overall the floppy disk was a huge change. As now it can store up to thousands of files of information. It has change over the last few years and in the future might even change more. It also has impacted many peoples lives who are much more clumsy and capable to lose their information.

Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce - Integrated Circuit: Tejpaul - 1958

What Happened: An Integrated Circuit or IC is an electronic circuit on a small piece of semiconducting material, usually silicon, on which thousands or millions of tiny resistors, capacitors, and transistors are positioned. This allowed smaller microchips to be used over larger circuit chips. In 1957, Jack Kilby of the U.S. Army came up with the idea of small ceramic wafers that eaach contained one component. Kilby's prototype worked in 1958 and he later applied for a patent in 1959. Robery Noyce later improved on the design by using silicon for the main body of the chip. He also added the right elements for it to work more efficiently. Why it was important: This invention was important because it allowed computers to shrink while gaining memory. This type of chip also benefited other devices. Who was involved: Jack Kilby, Robert Noyce, Jay Last,

Alan Turing-Kalea Kennedy-the turing machine 1936

What happened- The Turing machine was invented in 1936, it's purpose was to crack any computer algorithm no matter how complicated. The machines programming was so complex because Alan Turing created a machine that was able to breach any computer algorithm. Why is this event considered a major part of computing history: it played an important part in computer history because the idea of controlling the function of computing machine by storing a program of symbolically encoded instructions in the machines memories was a really big deal. Everybody in the world thought that it was incredible. No one had ever thought of that idea ever so it was revolutionary, if it wasn't for Alan Turing this century probably would't have had computers. Who was involved: The Turing machine was originally thought up by David Hilbert a German mathematician in 1928. Alan Turing was getting help mostly from David because he was really the only one who was dedicated enough to have thought out and finish an invention when his name wasn't even on it.