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Computer History Timeline

By dnizamuldin

  • First Mechanical Computer

    Concept for the first automatic computing engine, Analytical Engine, by Charles Babbage. Building completed in 1837. *Computerhope.com

  • First programmable computer

    Called the Z1. Created by Germany's Konrad Zuse in his parents living room. 1936-1938. *Computerhope.com

  • The first digital computer

    Atanasoff-Berry Computer, ABC, for digital computation. *Computerhope.com

  • The first electric programmable computer

    Called Colossus. Developed by Tommy Flowers. *Computerhope.com

  • Another first digital computer

    ENIAC. Considered to be the first digital computer because it was fully functional. *Computerhope.com

  • The first computer company

    Electronic Controls Company *Computerhope.com

  • The first stored program computer

    performed its first calculation. *Computerhope.com

  • First computer used for teaching

    computer-driven flight simulator trains MIT pilots. *Textbook

  • First mass produced computer

    IBM 701. Also first electric computer. *Computerhope.com

  • ENIAC turned off for the last time

    Said to have done more arithmetic than the human race had ever done prior to 1945. *Computerhope.com

  • First computer used with school children

  • 2,000 computers are in use

    *Computerhope.com

  • Universtiy time-sharing systems

    used by faculty/students for programming and shared utilities. 1960-1970.
    *textbook

  • AT&T launches first communications satelite

    *Computerhope.com

  • First floppy disk introduced 1967

    *Computerhope.com

  • LOGO launched to teach kids about computers

    *Computerhope.com

  • Intel founded

    *Computerhope.com

  • Computer-assisted intruction (CAI) movement emerges

    *textbook

  • First email sent

    by Ray Tomlinson. *Computerhope.com

  • mainframe and mini-computer applications dominate field

    schools begin using computers for instruction and administration *textbook

  • Bill Gates establishes Microsoft

    *Computerhope.com

  • First Apple computer displayed

    *Computerhope.com

  • Apple computers founded

    *Computerhope.com

  • Apple II: First personal computer with colored graphics

    *Computerhope.com

  • First microcomputers enter schools

    *textbook

  • CAI movement declines; computer literacy movement begins

  • Microcomputer applications spawn movements

  • Integrated learning systems (ILSs) emerge

    cost effective solutions to address required standards
    *textbook

  • 3.5" Floppy disk becomes the standard size

    *Computerhope.com

  • Dell founded

    *Computerhope.com

  • World Wide Web (WWW) is born

  • term "Information Superhighway" coined by Al Gore

    *Computerhope.com

  • Online and distance learning increases

    *textbook

  • Yahoo! created

  • Virtual schooling begins

    *textbook

  • Microsoft introduces the first Internet Explorer

    *Computerhope.com

  • International society for technology in education (ISTE) creates standards for students and teachers

    *textbook

  • Computers still work after Y2K

    *Computerhope.com

  • Children's Online Privacy Act introduced

    *Computerhope.com

  • Myspace created

    *Computerhope.com

  • Facebook launched

  • Wikipedia surfaces

    *Computerhope.com

  • iPhone released

    *Computerhope.com

  • iPad introduced

    *Computerhope.com

  • Microsoft launches internet explorer 9

    *Computerhope.com

  • Pinterest surfaces

    *Computerhope.com

  • USA Patriot Act signed

    Lowered restrictions for law enforcment to search communication records. *Computerhope.com