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1940 to 1949
This page highlights ICT industry developments from 1940
to 1949.
It covers -
Context
is provided by the broader media and communications timeline
elsewhere on this site.
1940
1941
- Iowa
State College fails to proceed with Atanasoff patent
application
1942
- Mauchly
proposal for electronic computer
1943
- Mauchly's
The Use of High-Speed Vacuum Devices for Calculation
paper
1944
1945
- ENIAC
fully operational
- Raytheon
buys Belmont Radio Corporation
1946
1947
- Bardeen
and Brattain invent point-contact transistor
1948
1949
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