Computers

By emoulton17

  • Konrad Zuse

    Konrad Zuse
    Konrad Zuse; Z1 Computer; First freely programmable computer

  • John Atanasoff & Clifford Berry

    John Atanasoff & Clifford Berry
    John Atanasoff & Clifford Berry; ABC Computer; Develop the ABC (Atanasoft-Berry Computer) prototype

  • John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly

    John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly
    John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly; ENIAC; Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer

  • Hideo Yamachito

    Hideo Yamachito
    Hideo Yamachito; The first electronic computer is created in Japan

  • John Backus & IBM

    John Backus & IBM
    John Backus & IBM; FORTRAN; Computer Programming Language

  • ARPA

    ARPA
    ARPA; Advanced Research Projects Agency; NASA is formed

  • Steve Russell & MIT

    Steve Russell & MIT
    The first computer game Spacewar Computer Game invented by Steve Russell & MIT

  • Douglas Engelbart

    Douglas Engelbart
    Douglas Engelbart invents and patents the first computer mouse (nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end)

  • Floppy Disk

    Floppy Disk
    IBM creates the first floppy disk

  • RAM

    RAM
    Intel introduces the world's first available dynamic RAM ( random-access memory) chip and the first microprocessor, the Intel 4004