Computers

First computer

Jan 1, 1822

Charles babbage creates the first calculating engine.

Punch cards

Feb 2, 1890

Herman Hollerith developed a method for machines to to record and store information onto punch cards to be used for the US census. He later formed the company we know as IBM today.

IBM

Jun 15, 1911

Company now known as IBM on is incorporated June 15, 1911 in the state of New York as the Computing - Tabulating - Recording Company (C-T-R), a consolidation of the Computing Scale Company, and The International Time Recording Company.

HP

Mar 4, 1938

The company no known as Hewlett Packard creates its first product the HP 200A.

HP cont

Sep 27, 1939

Hewlett Packard is found by William Hewlett and David Packard. The name is decided on the flip of a coin toss.

xerox

Sep 27, 1948

xerox is trademarked. formally knows as The Haloid Company, inacted in 1906

cream soda

Sep 27, 1971

1971 Steve Wozniak and Bill Fernandez develop a computer called the Cream Soda Computer.

Apple

Apr 1, 1976

Steve Wozniak designs the first Apple, the Apple I computer in 1976, later Wozniak and Steve Jobs co-found Apple Computers on April Fools day.

Micrsoft

Nov 27, 1983

Microsoft Windows was announced November, 1983