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Computer History Timeline

By dburlile16

  • First Freely Programmable computer

    First Freely Programmable computer
    Invented by Konrad Zuse

  • First Computer Buisness

    First Computer Buisness
    John Atanasoff & Clifford Berry

  • First Commercial Computer

    First Commercial Computer
    Able to pick presidential winners.

  • Magic Ink

    Magic Ink
    This was used for reading checks

  • Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce invented the intergrated circuit

    Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce invented the intergrated circuit
    These two men created a circuit that could work faster and also not heat up quite as fast as other circuits.

  • Steve Russel & MIT create the first computer game

    Steve Russel & MIT create the first computer game
    The first computer game was invented. It was expensive, and also very popular.

  • Douglas Engelbart invented the first computer mouse

    Douglas Engelbart invented the first computer mouse
    The first mouse was invented which is very usesful in the technology world.

  • Social networking was created by Rober Metcalfe & Xerox

    There was no facebook. They started to make e-mail, and other ways of comunication

  • Seymout Rubenstein & Rob Barnaby make word processors.

    These two men create ways to write papers and communicate with others without using a pencil.

  • Microsoft come out

    Microsoft come out
    Microsoft comes out and is very successful

  • Lisa Apple was realeased.

    Lisa Apple was realeased.
    This was the first computer with GUI.

  • Steve Jobs makes a computer.

    Steve Jobs makes a computer.
    Apple macintosh computer was more affordable and it still had GUI

  • Microsoft Windows competes with Apple.

    The two companies because a "friendly" war.