History of computing

Abi Wiley: Computer Technology Timeline

By kamarenaw0707

  • Vacuum Tubes

    Vacuum Tubes
    The inventor of this invention is John Ambrose Fleming

  • 1st Electronic Digital Computer

    1st Electronic Digital Computer
    The inventor of this invention is John Vincent Atanasoff

  • 1st Programmable Computer

    1st Programmable Computer
    The inventor of this invention is Konrad Zuse

  • The Mouse

    The Mouse
    The inventors of this invention are Douglas Engelbart and René Sommer

  • Transistors

    Transistors
    The inventors of this invention are John Bardeen, William Shockley and Walter Brattain

  • 1st Automatic Computing Engine

    1st Automatic Computing Engine
    The inventor of this invention is Alan Turning

  • Artificial Intelligence

    Artificial Intelligence
    The inventor of this invention is John McCarthy

  • Integrated Circuits

    Integrated Circuits
    The inventors of this invention are Jack Kilby, Robert Noyce, and Masatoshi Shima

  • Microprocessor

    Microprocessor
    The inventors of this invention are Federico Faggin, Marcian (Ted) Hoff, Stanley Mazor, and Masatoshi Shima

  • The World Wide Web

    The World Wide Web
    The inventors of this invention are Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau

  • iPhone

    iPhone
    The inventor of this invention is Steve Jobs

  • Reflection

    Reflection
    In my opinion I feel the most important invention created was the 1st Programmable Computer because without it none of the other electronical inventions down the road would have been created until much later (if they would've even been invented at all).