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The document provides a timeline of important events and inventions in computer history from 1936 to 2012. Some of the earliest computers included the Z1 in 1936, the ABC computer in 1942, and the Harvard Mark 1 in 1944. Important innovations included the development of the transistor in 1947/1948, the first high-level programming language FORTRAN in 1954, and the integrated circuit in 1958. The timeline also notes the invention of the computer mouse and networking in the 1960s-1970s as well as the launch of early personal computers in the 1970s and 1980s from Apple, IBM, Microsoft and others.

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Computer History Year Computer History Inventors/ Computer History Description of Event Pictures

The document provides a timeline of important events and inventions in computer history from 1936 to 2012. Some of the earliest computers included the Z1 in 1936, the ABC computer in 1942, and the Harvard Mark 1 in 1944. Important innovations included the development of the transistor in 1947/1948, the first high-level programming language FORTRAN in 1954, and the integrated circuit in 1958. The timeline also notes the invention of the computer mouse and networking in the 1960s-1970s as well as the launch of early personal computers in the 1970s and 1980s from Apple, IBM, Microsoft and others.

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Computer History Year

Computer History Inventors/Inventions

Computer History Description of Event


First freely programmable computer.

pictures

1936

Konrad Zuse - Z1 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. No, a transistor is not a computer, but this invention greatly affected the history of computers. First commercial computer & able to pick presidential winners.

1947/48

John Bardeen, Walter Brattain & Wiliam Shockley The Transistor

1951

John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly UNIVAC Computer

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. The first bank industry computer - also MICR (magnetic ink character recognition) for reading checks. Otherwise known as 'The Chip'

1955 (in use 1959)

Stanford Research Institute, Bank of America, and General Electric ERMA and MICR Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce The Integrated Circuit

1958

1962

Steve Russell & MIT Spacewar Computer Game

The first computer game invented.

1964 1969

Douglas Engelbart Computer Mouse & Windows ARPAnet

Nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end. The original Internet. The world's first available dynamic RAM chip.

1970

Intel 1103 Computer Memory

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 From "Quick And Dirty" comes the operating system of the century.

1981

Microsoft MS-DOS Computer Operating System

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.

2012

Microsoft Windows 8

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