Hardware history Timeline

  • Nintendo

    Nintendo

    Fusajiro Yamauchi invented nintendo
  • Antanasoff-Berry-Computer

    Antanasoff-Berry-Computer

    Inventor John Vincent invented the Antanasoff computer
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    1st Generation of computers

    This generation used vacuum tubes to process data.
  • 1st generation computer

    1st generation computer

  • E-Books

    E-Books

    Thomas Aquinas and Roberto Busa invented th e book.
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    2nd generation of computers

    This generation used transistors which made computers cheaper, faster and more energy efficent.
  • 2nd Generation of computers

    2nd Generation of computers

  • Minicomputer

    Minicomputer

    The USSR made the first minicomputer.
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    3rd Generation of computers

    This generation used integrated circuits to run multiple applications at once.
  • 3rd generation of computers

    3rd generation of computers

  • DEC PDP-8

    DEC PDP-8

    Edson de Castro built the first DEC PDP.
  • Personal computers

    Personal computers

    PCs were invented in 1965 by Victor Glushkov.
  • Micro Computer

    Micro Computer

    HP made the first microcomputer.
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    4th Generation of computers

    This generation used microprocessors which gave computers a lot of power in only a chip.
  • 4th generation of computers

    4th generation of computers

  • Game  Consoles

    Game Consoles

    Game consoles were first made by magnavox.
  • Digital Camera

    Digital Camera

    Steven Sasson invented the digital camera.
  • Kodak DCS

    Kodak DCS

    Steven Sasson made the Kodak DCS.
  • Laptops

    Laptops

    The IBM 5100 was the first commercial made laptop.
  • Apple computer

    Apple computer

    Steve Wozniak made the apple 1
  • IBM PC

    IBM PC

    Don Estridge led a team at IBM to invent the IBM PC
  • Web Cam

    Web Cam

    A web cam was first developed at Cambridge university used to spy on a coffee pot.
  • Smartphone

    Smartphone

    A smartphone was first made to assist us by being a PDA andstill be a phone. It was first invented by IBM
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    5th Generation of computers

    This generation of computers gives computers artificial intelligence which makes computers think more like humans.
  • 5th Generation

    5th Generation