Computer History
Year/Enter | Computer History
Inventors/Inventions | Computer History
Description of Event |
1936
| Konrad Zuse - Z1 Computer | First freely programmable computer. |
1942
| John Atanasoff & Clifford Berry
ABC Computer | Who was first in the computing biz is not always as easy as ABC. |
1944
| Howard Aiken & Grace Hopper
Harvard Mark I Computer | The Harvard Mark 1 computer. |
1946
| John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly
ENIAC 1 Computer | 20,000 vacuum tubes later... |
1948
| Frederic Williams & Tom Kilburn
Manchester Baby Computer & The Williams Tube | Baby and the Williams Tube turn on the memories. |
1947/48
| John Bardeen, Walter Brattain & Wiliam Shockley
The Transistor | No, a transistor is not a computer, but this invention greatly affected the history of computers. |
1951
| John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly
UNIVAC Computer | First commercial computer & able to pick presidential winners. |
1953
| International Business Machines
IBM 701 EDPM Computer | IBM enters into 'The History of Computers'. |
1954
| John Backus & IBM
FORTRAN Computer Programming Language | The first successful high level programming language. |
| 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' |
1962
| Steve Russell & MIT
Spacewar Computer Game | The first computer game invented. |
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. |
1976/77
| Apple I, II & TRS-80 & Commodore Pet Computers | More 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
The IBM PC - Home Computer | From an "Acorn" grows a personal computer revolution |
1981
| Microsoft
MS-DOS Computer Operating System | From "Quick And Dirty" comes the operating system of the century. |
1983
| Apple Lisa Computer | The first home computer with a GUI, graphical user interface. |
1984
| Apple Macintosh Computer | The more affordable home computer with a GUI. |
1985
| Microsoft Windows | Microsoft begins the friendly war with Apple. |
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