History of timeline
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Wurde aktualisiert: 2 Aug 2018
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Created byBen Dickson
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1801: In France, Joseph Marie Jacquard invents a loomNew
event2017: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is developing a new "Molecular Informatics" program that uses molecules as computers2016: The first reprogrammable quantum computer was created.2015: Apple releases the Apple Watch. Microsoft releases Windows 10.2012: Facebook gains 1 billion users on October 4.2011: Google releases the Chromebook, a laptop that runs the Google Chrome OS.2010: Apple unveils the iPad, changing the way consumers view media and jumpstarting the dormant tablet computer segment.2009: Microsoft launches Windows 7,2007: The iPhone brings many computer functions to the smartphone2006: Apple introduces the MacBook Pro2005: YouTube, a video sharing service, is founded.2004: Mozilla's Firefox 1.0 challenges Microsoft's Internet Explorer, the dominant Web browser. Facebook, a social networking site, launches.2003: The first 64-bit processor, AMD's Athlon 64, becomes available to the consumer market.2001: Apple unveils the Mac OS X operating system,1999: The term Wi-Fi becomes part of the computing language and users begin connecting to the Internet without wires.1997: Microsoft invests $150 million in Apple,1996: Sergey Brin and Larry Page develop the Google search engine at Stanford University.1994: PCs become gaming machines as "Command & Conquer," "Alone in the Dark 2," "Theme Park," "Magic Carpet," "Descent" and "Little Big Adventure" are among the games to hit the market.1993: The Pentium microprocessor advances the use of graphics and music on PCs1993: The Pentium microprocessor advances the use of graphics and music on PCs1990: Tim Berners-Lee, a researcher at CERN, the high-energy physics laboratory in Geneva1986: Compaq brings the Deskpro 386 to market. Its 32-bit architecture provides as speed comparable to mainframes.1985: The first dot-com domain name is registered on March 15,1985: Microsoft announces Windows, according to Encyclopedia Britannica.1983: Apple's Lisa is the first personal computer with a GUI.1981: The first IBM personal computer, code-named "Acorn," is introduced. It uses Microsoft's1979: Word processing becomes a reality as MicroPro International releases WordStar1978: Accountants rejoice at the introduction of VisiCalc, the first computerized spreadsheet program.1977: Jobs and Wozniak incorporate Apple and show the Apple II at the first West Coast Computer Faire. It offers color graphics and incorporates an audio cassette drive for storage.1977: Radio Shack's initial production run of the TRS-80 was just 3,000. It sold like crazy. For the first time, non-geeks could write programs and make a computer do what they wished.1976: Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak start Apple Computers on April Fool's Day and roll out the Apple I, the first computer with a single-circuit board, according to Stanford University.
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