Timeline: Computer History

Jul 7, 1936

Z1 Computer

Z1 computer created by Konrad Zuse. On here because it is the freely programmable computer that paves the way for modern computers.

Jul 7, 1942

First patent computer

Presper Eckert and John Mauchly were the first people to patent a computer. It was called the ENIAC computer. Added because it included the binary system and parallel processing.

Jul 7, 1951

UNIVAC Computer

first comercial computer. important because it leads the way to computers seen in stores today

Jul 7, 1962

Spacewar computer game

First computer game ever invented. Here because without it who knows what will be in place of computer games todays?

Jul 7, 1969

Internet birth

ARPAnet is the first internet. Very big part of computer history. Without the internet I wouldn't be doing this today.

Jul 7, 1971

Floppy disk creation

without the floppy disk today we wouldn't be able to store memory.
easy use and an important part of computer history. That is why it is here.

Jul 7, 1976

First computers for consumers

Apple is born , Commodore PET, and TRS-80. This is here because without these first consumer computers we will not have the great computers we have the one today.

Jul 7, 1984

first computer with GUI

GUI is what we see on our screen. Pull down menus and everything. I put this here because without this first GUI computer we won't be able to have the really cool graphics on the computer too.

Jul 7, 1990

Microsoft hits 1 billion

Microsoft exceeds $1 billion in sales. The computer buisness is booming and this is here because this shows how fast people are becoming interested in computers.