Computer History

Z1 Computer

Jul 7, 1936

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

First patent computer

Jul 7, 1942

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.

UNIVAC Computer

Jul 7, 1951

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

Spacewar computer game

Jul 7, 1962

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

Internet birth

Jul 7, 1969

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

Floppy disk creation

Jul 7, 1971

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.

First computers for consumers

Jul 7, 1976

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.

first computer with GUI

Jul 7, 1984

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.

Microsoft hits 1 billion

Jul 7, 1990

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.

wikipedia comes online

Jan 15, 2001

important website in internet history. Here because millions of people know about it and it is very key.