Generations

By ericccc
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    Generations

  • Minicomputer was invented

    The complete history of when the first computer was invented, including all types of computers back to 1822

  • Atanasoff–Berry Computer (ABC)

    The Atanasoff–Berry Computer (ABC) was the first electronic digital computing devices. Conceived in 1937, by John Atanasoff

  • first generation of computers

    They were vacuum tubes and relied on machine language.1940-1956

  • Microcomputer was invented

    Charles Babbage was the first person to fully design a general-purpose computing machine during the 20th century.

  • Second generation of computers

    1956-1963. Second-generation computers moved from cryptic binary machine language to symbolic, or assembly, languages, which allowed programmers to specify instructions in words.

  • DEC PDP-8 (Digital Equipment Corporation)

    Digital Equipment CorporationKen Olsen, 31, and Harlan Anderson, 27, founded DEC in 1957.

  • third generation of computers

    Instead of punched cards and printouts, users interacted with third generation computers through keyboards and monitors and interfaced with an operating system

  • Personal computer was invented

    John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry invented the first electronic-digital computer at Iowa

  • fourth generation of computers

    1971-Present

  • Game consoles were invented

    1972, the first commercial video game console that could be played in the home, the Odyssey was released by Magnavox and designed by Ralph Baer

  • Apple computer was invented

    The original Apple computer was invented in 1976 by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs.

  • IBM PC (International Business Machines personal computer) was invented

    1980 by Bill Gates

  • Nintendo was invented

    Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, dreamed up and built the original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1983.

  • Laptop was invented

  • E-books were invented

    Douglas Engelbart in 20th century

  • Web cam was invented

    The first webcam was invented back in 1991 by the Cambridge University science department. It is not known who the actual inventor was.

  • Kodak DCS (Digital Camera System 100)

    The Kodak Professional Digital Camera System or DCS, later unofficially named DCS 100, was the first commercially available digital single-lens reflex camera

  • Digital camera was invented

    Steve Sasson in 21st century

  • Smartphones was invented

    Martin Cooper invented the cell (mobile) phone. He was the first one to make a call and speak on his moble phone

  • fifth generation of computers

    present - beyond