HIstory about computers

By LuisAvina

  • The world’s first computer was actually built.

    English mathematician Charles Babbage conceives of a steam-driven calculating machine that would be able to compute tables of numbers. The project, funded by the English government, is a failure. More than a century later, however, The world’s first computer was actually built.

  • Grace Hopper develops the first computer language

    1953: Grace Hopper develops the first computer language, which eventually becomes known as COBOL. Inventor Thomas Johnson Watson, Jr., son of IBM CEO Thomas Johnson Watson, Sr., conceives the IBM 701 EDPM to help the United Nations keep tabs on Korea during the war.

  • First ever computer chip

    1958: Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce unveil the integrated circuit, known as the computer chip

  • first Dynamic Access Memory (RAM) chip.

    The newly formed Intel unveils the Intel 1103, the first Dynamic Access Memory (DRAM) chip.

  • First Floppy Disk

    Alan Shugart leads a team of IBM engineers who invent the “floppy disk,” allowing data to be shared among computers.

  • Apple is started and they roll out a new computer

    Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak start Apple Computers on April Fool’s Day and roll out the Apple I, the first computer with a single-circuit board.

  • The Creation Of The Macintosh

    Reagon re-elected; 31 states use 13,000 PCs for career guidance, but there are still relatively few computers in classrooms; the Apple Macintosh computer is developed; computer-based tutorials and learning games are developed by commercial software manufacturers

  • The Laptop Is Born

    Bush elected President; 60 % of all workers in the US use computers, laptops are developed; Gorbachoff proposes an end to the cold war;

  • The New Generation of The COmputer

    1994 - Digital video, virtual reality, and 3-D systems capture the attention of many, but fewer multimedia PCs than basic business PCs are sold; object-oriented authoring systems such as HyperCard, Hyperstudio, and Authorware grow in popularity in schools; most US classrooms now have at least one PC available for instructional delivery, but not all teachers have access to a computer for instructional preparation.

  • Wifi is getting more used

    1999: The term Wi-Fi becomes part of the computing language and users begin connecting to the Internet without wires.

  • New Browsers

    2004: Mozilla’s Firefox 1.0 challenges Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, the dominant web browers.

  • Portable COmputer

    2006: Apple introduces the MacBook Pro, its first Intel-based, dual-core mobile computer, as well as an Intel-based iMac. Nintendo’s Wii hits the market.