Computer Science

By bthekidd

  • The Rise of Mathematics

    The Rise of Mathematics
    In 1928, the German mathematician David Hilbert addressed the International Congress of Mathematicians..

  • First Electronic Digital Computer

    First Electronic Digital Computer
    Konrad Zuse built the first operational, general-purpose, program-controlled calculator, the Z3, in 1941

  • Mark I

    Mark I
    At Harvard, Howard H. Aiken built the Mark I electromechanical computer in 1944, with the assistance of IBM.

  • LISP and FORTRAN

    LISP and FORTRAN
    John Backus and others developed the first FORTRAN compiler in April 1957. LISP, a list-processing language for artificial intelligence programming, was invented by John McCarthy about 1958.

  • The First Computer Science Department

    The First Computer Science Department
    The first computer science department was formed at Purdue University in 1962.

  • Fred Brooks

    Fred Brooks
    Fred Brooks at IBM designed System/360, a line of different computers with the same architecture and instruction set, from small machine to top-of-the-line.

  • First Computer Mouse

    First Computer Mouse
    Douglas C. Engelbart invents the computer mouse.

  • CRAY-1

    CRAY-1
    Seymour Cray designed the CRAY-1, which was first shipped in March 1976. It could perform 160 million operations in a second.

  • Apple

    Apple
    This decade also saw the rise of the personal computer, thanks to Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs, founders of Apple Computer. In 1981, the first truly successful portable computer was marketed, the Osborne I. In 1984, Apple first marketed the Macintosh computer.

  • New Technology

    New Technology
    The years 2000-2003 gave us camera phones, USB flash drives, Bluetooth, iPods, the video gaming revolution, LinkedIn, and more.