Influences at the time
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"1954 John Backus & IBM
FORTRAN Computer Programming Language The first successful high level programming language. 1955
(In Use 1959)
Stanford Research Institute, Bank of America, and General Electric
ERMA and MICR The first bank industry computer - also MICR (magnetic ink character recognition) for reading checks. 1958 Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce
The Integrated Circuit Otherwise known as 'The Chip' 1964 Douglas Engelbart
Computer Mouse & Windows Nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end. 1969 ARPAnet The original Internet. 1970 Intel 1103 Computer Memory The world's first available dynamic RAM chip. 1971 Faggin, Hoff & Mazor
Intel 4004 Computer Microprocessor The first microprocessor. 1971 Alan Shugart &IBM
The "Floppy" Disk Nicknamed the "Floppy" for its flexibility. 1973 Robert Metcalfe & Xerox
The Ethernet Computer Networking Networking. 1974/75 Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair & IBM 5100 Computers The first consumer computers. 1978 Dan Bricklin & Bob Frankston
VisiCalc Spreadsheet Software Any product that pays for itself in two weeks is a surefire winner. 1979 Seymour Rubenstein & Rob Barnaby
WordStar Software Word Processors. 1981 IBM
MS-DOS Computer Operating System From "Quick And Dirty" comes the operating system of the century." All of these inventions helped Jobs when he was creating his products. For example, the mouse was used in almost all Apple from 1964 onward. Steve used many of these technological marvels to his advantage while creating Apple.
"1954 John Backus & IBM
FORTRAN Computer Programming Language The first successful high level programming language. 1955
(In Use 1959)
Stanford Research Institute, Bank of America, and General Electric
ERMA and MICR The first bank industry computer - also MICR (magnetic ink character recognition) for reading checks. 1958 Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce
The Integrated Circuit Otherwise known as 'The Chip' 1964 Douglas Engelbart
Computer Mouse & Windows Nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end. 1969 ARPAnet The original Internet. 1970 Intel 1103 Computer Memory The world's first available dynamic RAM chip. 1971 Faggin, Hoff & Mazor
Intel 4004 Computer Microprocessor The first microprocessor. 1971 Alan Shugart &IBM
The "Floppy" Disk Nicknamed the "Floppy" for its flexibility. 1973 Robert Metcalfe & Xerox
The Ethernet Computer Networking Networking. 1974/75 Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair & IBM 5100 Computers The first consumer computers. 1978 Dan Bricklin & Bob Frankston
VisiCalc Spreadsheet Software Any product that pays for itself in two weeks is a surefire winner. 1979 Seymour Rubenstein & Rob Barnaby
WordStar Software Word Processors. 1981 IBM
MS-DOS Computer Operating System From "Quick And Dirty" comes the operating system of the century." All of these inventions helped Jobs when he was creating his products. For example, the mouse was used in almost all Apple from 1964 onward. Steve used many of these technological marvels to his advantage while creating Apple.