The document traces the history and development of computers and technology from the 19th century to the 1980s. It mentions many important figures and their contributions, such as Charles Babbage designing the first mechanical computer in the 1830s, Alan Turing developing computer science theory in the 1930s-40s, and companies like IBM, Apple, Microsoft, and Intel founding and developing pioneering computers and operating systems in the 1970s-80s. Overall it provides a high-level overview of the major developments in computing technology from the 1800s to the 1980s in about a paragraph of information.

8. -designs the first
functioning
, which
can perform the

10. -builds a
, that uses

13. -designs the

15. -publishes his
thoughts on
which decades later
will form the basis

17. -designs the

19. -founds the
one of the
three companies that

20. -develops the

23. -work on the
the

26. -develops the
at Bell Labs.

28. -form in a garage
in Palo Alto, California.

32. -produces the
that uses binary
code.

34. -build the
the first commercial
electronic computer,
which is installed at the

37. -
manufactures
its

39. -is
introduced.

40. -develops
the

41. -the first
widely
marketed

42. -develops

44. -officially found

46. -
introduces
the
first

47. -is released and
quickly becomes the
most popular word
processing program.

49. -
introduces
the
with an MS-

50. debuts
the first laser
printer was marketed
by Hewlett-Packard.

52. -coins the term

53. -develops Windows
1.0 for the IBM PC.

54. -invents the
.

55. -become available in
the United States.