With a masterâs degree, the average annual starting salary was $64,100. The 25th percentile earned $51,500, the 50th percentile made $62,000, and the 75th percentile earned $73,900.
First mechanical computer or automatic computing engine concept. In 1822, Charles Babbage purposed and began developing the Difference Engine, considered to be the first automatic computing engine that was capable of computing several sets of numbers and making a hard copies of the results.
The Kenbak-1 is considered by the Computer History Museum to be the world's first personal computer. It was designed and invented by John Blankenbaker of Kenbak Corporation in 1970, and was first sold in early 1971.