Computer Computer History

Computer History
History Description of
Inventors/Inventions
Year/Enter Event
First freely
1936 Konrad Zuse - Z1 Computer
programmable computer.
Who was first in the
John Atanasoff & Clifford Berry
1942 computing biz is not
ABC Computer
always as easy as ABC.
Howard Aiken & Grace Hopper The Harvard Mark 1
1944
Harvard Mark I Computer computer.
John Presper Eckert & John W.
20,000 vacuum tubes
1946 Mauchly
later...
ENIAC 1 Computer
Frederic Williams & Tom Kilburn Baby and the Williams
1948 Manchester Baby Computer & Tube turn on the
The Williams Tube memories.
No, a transistor is not a
John Bardeen, Walter Brattain &
computer, but this
1947/48 Wiliam Shockley
invention greatly affected
The Transistor
the history of computers.
John Presper Eckert & John W. First commercial
1951 Mauchly computer & able to pick
UNIVAC Computer presidential winners.
International Business Machines IBM enters into 'The
1953
IBM 701 EDPM Computer History of Computers'.
John Backus & IBM The first successful high
1954 FORTRAN Computer level programming
Programming Language language.
The first bank industry
Stanford Research Institute,
computer - also MICR
1955 Bank of America, and General
(magnetic ink character
(In Use 1959) Electric
recognition) for reading
ERMA and MICR
checks.
Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce Otherwise known as 'The
1958
The Integrated Circuit Chip'
Steve Russell & MIT The first computer game
1962
Spacewar Computer Game invented.
Nicknamed the mouse
Douglas Engelbart
1964 because the tail came
Computer Mouse & Windows
out the end.
1969 ARPAnet The original Internet.
1970 Intel 1103 Computer Memory The world's first available
 dynamic RAM chip.
Faggin, Hoff & Mazor
1971 Intel 4004 Computer The first microprocessor.
Microprocessor
Alan Shugart &IBM Nicknamed the "Floppy"
1971
The "Floppy" Disk for its flexibility.
Robert Metcalfe & Xerox
1973 The Ethernet Computer Networking.
Networking
Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair & IBM The first consumer
1974/75
5100 Computers computers.
Apple I, II & TRS-80 & More first consumer
1976/77
Commodore Pet Computers computers.
Dan Bricklin & Bob Frankston Any product that pays for
1978 VisiCalc Spreadsheet itself in two weeks is a
Software surefire winner.
Seymour Rubenstein & Rob
1979 Barnaby Word Processors.
WordStar Software
From an "Acorn" grows a
IBM
1981 personal computer
The IBM PC - Home Computer
revolution
Microsoft From "Quick And Dirty"
1981 MS-DOS Computer Operating comes the operating
System system of the century.
The first home computer
1983 Apple Lisa Computer with a GUI, graphical
user interface.
The more affordable
1984 Apple Macintosh Computer home computer with a
GUI.
Microsoft begins the
1985 Microsoft Windows
friendly war with Apple.
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