Computer History Project

Z3

May 12, 1941

sourcefirst programmable computer . first working , programmable fully automatic digital computer. The German Aircraft Research institute used it to perform statistical analyses of wing flutter.

Eniac

Jan 1, 1946

source1st electronic general-purpose computer. it was turing-complete. it was used to calculate artillery firing tables for the U>S Armys ballistic research lab

UNIVAC

Mar 31, 1951

sourcethe first commercial computer and it had the ability to pick presidential winners.

Fortran

Jun 1, 1957

sourceThis was created in 1957 by john backus and IBM and is the oldest programming language still used.

COBOL

Jan 1, 1959

sourceUsed by the U.S post office aand developed by CODANSYL, ISO , and ANSI.

Spacewar

Feb 1, 1962

Steve Russell creates "SpaceWar!" This game is considered the first game intended for computers.

Arpanet

Apr 7, 1969

sourceThe Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) was an early packet switching network and the first network to implement the protocol suite TCP/IP. Both technologies became the technical foundation of the Internet.

the visual display module (VDM) prototype

Mar 1, 1975

sourceThe Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) was a digital computer produced for the Apollo program that was installed on board each Apollo Command Module (CM) ...
Power consumption‎: ‎55W Memory‎: ‎16-bit wordlength, 2048 words ...
Processor‎: ‎Discrete IC RTL based Weight‎: ‎70 lb (32 kg)

Pacman

May 22, 1980

sourceNamco releases the game Pac-Man for the first time.

Macintosh

Jan 24, 1984

sourcefirst mass market personal computrer featuring a graphical user interface and mouse. The macintosh was very expensive.

NSFNET

Jan 1, 1986

sourceThe National Science Foundation Network (NSFNET) was a program of coordinated, evolving projects sponsored by the National Science Foundation

WWW

Sep 20, 1991

source Tim Berners-Lee develops the World Wide Web. CERN releases the first Web server in 1991.

WebTV

Jul 10, 1996

sourceWebTV is introduced allowing users to browse the web from their TV

Harvard Mark 1

Aug 24, 1998

sourceused by the US Navy for gunnery and ballistic calculations

Bluetooth

Aug 9, 2002

source1/</a> Nonetheless it served as a platform for the development of BT audio, use cases and user experience and is a crucial part of Nokia’s Bluetooth history.