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A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem...

Timeline of Events

1941

5.12.1941

Konrad Zuse presents the Z3, the world's first working programmable, fully automatic computer, in Berlin.

1969

10.29.1969

The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet.

1978

2.16.1978

The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago, Illinois).

1987

2.20.1987

Unabomber: In Salt Lake City, a bomb explodes in a computer store.

1997

5.11.1997

IBM Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.