History of Computing
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Updated: 24 Sep 2017
1930's - 2000's
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Created byAren Hassan
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Telex Messaging Network comes onlineWorld BrainsModel KElektro and SparkoKonrad Zuse Finishes the Z3 ComputerThe Three Laws of RoboticsThe First Bombe was CompletedA Logical Calculas of the Ideas Immanent in Nervous ActivityBell Labs Relay Interpolator is completedCurt Herzstark designs Curta calculatorProject Whirlwind BeginsJohn von Neumann writes First Draft of a Report on the EDVACFirst actual case of bug being foundManchester Mark I Williams-Kilburn TubeBirth of the ModemEDSACMagnetic Core MemoryThe Complex Number Calculator (CNC)The Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC)First Colossus Operational at Bletchley ParkHarvard Mark 1Public Unveiling of Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer (ENIAC)First Computer Program to run on a ComputerTuring TestThe Pilot Ace Computer became OperationalUNIVACWhirlwindFirst Business online - Lyons Electronic OfficehiHiiCSIRAC - first computer to be used as a musical instrument100 Computers in the worldFORTRAN - first ever programming language to be createdThe NORC delivered to US NavySteve Jobs is bornMIT introduce the Whirlwind machineTim Berners-Lee is bornBill Gates is bornThe ENIAC was turned off for the last timePossibility of keyboards were investigatedThe Librascope GP-30 - Earliest personal computerMIT researchers developed the TX-0RAMAC was also developedFirst computer scanned image made.Casio - releasing the world's first electronic calculatorJohn von Neumann diesDigital phone lines came into useLG Electronics are foundedIntegrated circuit is successfully demonstratedWilliam Higinbotham creates the second ever "videogame"COBOL is releasedRichard Brodie is bornCOBOL was madeQuicksort was madeTimesharing- the first online communitiesThe idea of Virtual MemoryAtlas computer debutsThe First Robotic ArmThomas Kurtz and John Kemeny create BASICAlphaVille was releasedSimula was Developed and ReleasedDENDRALFirst 16-bit modelCarterfoneThe Brown BoxELIZAHP released their first computerPeople's view on the potential of technology changedThe IBM 1360 was createdLOGO"A Space Odyssey"CICSThe IBM MinnowNLS System was createdRead-Only Rope Memory was introducedUnix was createdVictor Scheinman’s Stanford ArmPASCALPongC - programming languageUNIXMicral NTCP/IPEthernetCray-1Hard Disk Drive3.5 inch Floppy DiskMS DOSIBM'S PCFilm Animated ScenesComordor 64Road to Point ReyesMS WordCD ROMFlash MemoryApple MACC++The NES is released in AmericaMichael DellSteve Jobs is forced out of ApplePixar FoundedSCSI-1 was introducedThe hacker manifesto is publishedThe Erlang and Oberon programming languages are releasedConnor CP340A hard disk drive was releasedGSM standard is formally agreedPerl was written by Larry WallThe GIF standard was introduced by CompuServeTin ToySteve jobs releases the NeXT CubeSound BlasterThe Macintosh portable is releasedThe Game Boy GirlFirst internet ProviderFirst person charged for computer fraud and misuseIntel brought out the 80486 microprocessorOpportunity and Spirit Mars RoversNASA Ames Research Centre Supercomputer ColumbiaNintendo Wii comes outFirst Camera Phone IntroducedUSB Flash DriveY2K BugBit Torrent LaunchedMac OS X releasedDARPA's Centibots projectEarth SimulatorBlu-rayHitachi Deskstar 7k100Nvida releases CUDA GPUScratch ReleasedApple iPhoneCloud based network attached storage solutions
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