Computer Technology in the 1950's

By fire3083

  • Wilkes Develops Concept of Microprogramming

    Wilkes Develops Concept of Microprogramming
    Inventor: Sir Maurice Vincent Wilkes
    Significance: Concept that the CPU could be controlled by a Microprogram stored in high-speed ROM simplifying CPU Development.
    Wikipedia contributors. (2024, February 5). Maurice Wilkes. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 20:52, February 8, 2024, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maurice_Wilkes&oldid=1203920979

  • Hopper Publishes Paper on Compilers

    Hopper Publishes Paper on Compilers
    Inventor: Grace Hopper
    Significance: Developed the theory that machine independent compilers could be used to translate English language code into machine code. Her prototype was ready in 1952.
    Wikipedia contributors. (2024, January 26). Grace Hopper. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21:05, February 8, 2024, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grace_Hopper&oldid=1199169279

  • IBM 650 Released-1st Mass Produced Computer

    IBM 650 Released-1st Mass Produced Computer
    Inventor: IBM
    Significance: Made computers more accessible in business and universities because they were readily available and lower costs. The 1st generation of computer programmers learned on these university machines.
    Wikipedia contributors. (2024, January 11). IBM 650. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21:30, February 8, 2024, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IBM_650&oldid=1194980915

  • EDVAC Computer Running in Prod 20 hrs/day

    EDVAC Computer Running in Prod 20 hrs/day
    Inventors: John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert
    Significance: Binary-based computer with high-speed serial memory designed to run stored programs. Faster and more reliable than its ENIAC predecessor.
    Wikipedia contributors. (2023, June 17). EDVAC. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21:17, February 8, 2024, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EDVAC&oldid=1160568501

  • COBOL Developed Based on Hopper's Work

    COBOL Developed Based on Hopper's Work
    Inventor: Conference/Committee on Data Systems Languages
    Significance: The Common Business-Oriented Language was created to reduce programming costs by being machine-independent. The birth of today's field of computer programming.
    Wikipedia contributors. (2024, January 17). COBOL. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21:26, February 8, 2024, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=COBOL&oldid=1196429839