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The Turing Machine
Alan Turing created this universal machine that could compute anything computable. Everything was based on his own ideas. -
Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard aka (HP) was founded by David Packard and Bill Hewlett. -
The Atanasoff-Berry Computer
John Atanasoff and his graduate student, Clifford Berry, designed a computer that can solve 29 equations simultaneously. This marked the first time a computer was able to store information in its main memory. -
The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator (ENIAC)
John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert build the ENIAC. Considered the grandfather of digital computers, it fills a 20-foot by 40-foot room and has 18,000 vacuum tubes. -
The Graphical User Interface
Douglas Engelbart shows a prototype of the modern computer, with a mouse and a graphical user interface (GUI). This marks the evolution of the computer from a machine for technology that is available to the public. -
The Apple 1
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak start Apple Computers on April Fool's Day and begin the Apple I, the first computer with a single-circuit board. -
PC (personal computer)
PCs become gaming machines. -
Wi-Fi
The term Wi-Fi becomes part of the computing language and users begin connecting to the Internet without wires. -
MacBook Pro
Apple introduces the MacBook Pro, a mobile computer, as well as an Intel-based iMac. -
Molecular Informatics
DARPA is developed new "Molecular Informatics" program that uses molecules as computers.
