Computer History Year/Enter |
Computer History Inventors/Inventions |
Computer History Description of Event |
Konrad Zuse - Z1 Computer | First freely programmable computer. | |
John Atanasoff & Clifford Berry ABC Computer |
Who was first in the computing biz is not always as easy as ABC. | |
Howard Aiken & Grace Hopper Harvard Mark I Computer |
The Harvard Mark 1 computer. | |
John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly ENIAC 1 Computer |
20,000 vacuum tubes later... | |
Frederic Williams & Tom Kilburn Manchester Baby Computer & The Williams Tube |
Baby and the Williams Tube turn on the memories. | |
John Bardeen, Walter Brattain & Wiliam Shockley The Transistor |
No, a transistor is not a computer, but this invention greatly affected the history of computers. | |
John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly UNIVAC Computer |
First commercial computer & able to pick presidential winners. | |
International Business Machines IBM 701 EDPM Computer |
IBM enters into 'The History of Computers'. | |
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. | |
Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce The Integrated Circuit |
Otherwise known as 'The Chip' | |
Steve Russell & MIT Spacewar Computer Game |
The first computer game invented. | |
Douglas Engelbart Computer Mouse & Windows |
Nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end. | |
ARPAnet | The original Internet. | |
Intel 1103 Computer Memory | The world's first available dynamic RAM chip. | |
Faggin, Hoff & Mazor Intel 4004 Computer Microprocessor |
The first microprocessor. | |
Alan Shugart &IBM The "Floppy" Disk |
Nicknamed the "Floppy" for its flexibility. | |
Robert Metcalfe & Xerox The Ethernet Computer Networking |
Networking. | |
Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair & IBM 5100 Computers | The first consumer computers. | |
Apple I, II & TRS-80 & Commodore Pet Computers | More first consumer computers. | |
Dan Bricklin & Bob Frankston VisiCalc Spreadsheet Software |
Any product that pays for itself in two weeks is a surefire winner. | |
Seymour Rubenstein & Rob Barnaby WordStar Software |
Word Processors. | |
IBM The IBM PC - Home Computer |
From an "Acorn" grows a personal computer revolution | |
Microsoft MS-DOS Computer Operating System |
From "Quick And Dirty" comes the operating system of the century. | |
Apple Lisa Computer | The first home computer with a GUI, graphical user interface. | |
Apple Macintosh Computer | The more affordable home computer with a GUI. | |
Microsoft Windows | Microsoft begins the friendly war with Apple. | |
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Monday, February 27, 2012
COMPUTER HISTOTY INVENTORS/INVENTIONS
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