Scribd
Upload
40 views

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

This document provides a chronological overview of important events and inventions in computer history from 1936 to 1985. Some of the earliest computers included the Z1 in 1936, the ABC Computer in 1942, and the Harvard Mark 1 in 1944. Important developments include the first general purpose electronic computer (ENIAC) in 1946, the first stored program computer (Manchester Baby) in 1948, the transistor in 1947/48, and the first commercial computer (UNIVAC) in 1951. The document also outlines the development of programming languages like FORTRAN in 1954, integrated circuits in 1958, the first computer game in 1962, the computer mouse in 1964, microprocessors in 1971, floppy disks in 1971, Ethernet in 1973, early

Uploaded by

jhakku
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
40 views

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

This document provides a chronological overview of important events and inventions in computer history from 1936 to 1985. Some of the earliest computers included the Z1 in 1936, the ABC Computer in 1942, and the Harvard Mark 1 in 1944. Important developments include the first general purpose electronic computer (ENIAC) in 1946, the first stored program computer (Manchester Baby) in 1948, the transistor in 1947/48, and the first commercial computer (UNIVAC) in 1951. The document also outlines the development of programming languages like FORTRAN in 1954, integrated circuits in 1958, the first computer game in 1962, the computer mouse in 1964, microprocessors in 1971, floppy disks in 1971, Ethernet in 1973, early

Uploaded by

jhakku
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 2

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.
1955
(In Use 1959)
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 The first microprocessor.
Intel 4004 Computer
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.
SERIES TO BE CONTINUED

You might also like