A.1. Evolution and exploitation of technology
1801
A linked sequence of punched cards controls the weaving of patterns in Jacquard's loom.
1822–49
Charles Babbage works on his Difference Engine and Analytical Engine.
1844
Samuel Morse demonstrates the Morse code.
1854
George Boole develops Boolean algebra.
1858
First Atlantic telegraph cable.
1876
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone.
1882
William S. Burroughs embarks on inventing an adding machine.
1889
Herman Hollerith's Electronic Tabulating System is selected for use in the 1890 census. He establishes a company in 1896.
1895
Guglielmo Marconi transmits a radio signal.
1901
The keypunch appears.
1924
T. J. Watson renames the former CTR (originating from Hollerith) IBM.
1927
Television ...
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