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History of Computers
[Computer History Timeline from the Computer History Museum](<a href='a href='http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/)' >Timeline of computer history from the Computer History Museum</a> ' >Computer History Timeline from the Computer History Museum</a>< -
Z1
Computer History TimelineThe Z1 was the first freely programmable computer in the world which used Boolean logic and binary floating point numbers. -
ABC Computer
The Atanasoff–Berry Computer (ABC) was the first electronic digital computing device. -
Harvard Mark 1
The IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (ASCC), called the Mark I by Harvard University, was an electro-mechanical computer history timeline. -
ENIAC 1 Computer
Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer)[was the first general-purpose electronic computer. -
Manchester Baby Computer & The Williams Tube
The Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine (SSEM), nicknamed Baby, was the world's first stored-program computer. -
UNIVAC Computer
The UNIVAC I (UNIVersal Automatic Computer I) was the first commercial computer produced in the United States. -
IBM 701 EDPM Computer
IBM enters into 'The History of Computers' -
FORTRAN Computer Programming Language
FORTRAN is considered to be the first widely used programming language supported across a variety of computer architectures.. -
The Integrated Circuit
An integrated circuit or monolithic integrated circuit (also referred to as IC, chip, and microchip) is an electronic circuit manufactured by the patterned diffusion of trace elements. -
Spacewar Computer Game
Between 1959 and 1961, a collection of interactive graphical programs had been created on the TX-0 experimental computer at MIT. -
Computer Mouse & Windows
Douglas Engelbart changed the way computers worked, from specialized machinery that only a trained scientist could use, to a user-friendly tool that almost anyone can use. -
Intel 1103 Computer Memory
In 1970, the newly formed Intel company publicly released the 1103, the first DRAM (Dynamic Random AccessMemory) chip. -
The "Floppy" Disk
A floppy disk is a data storage medium that is composed of a disk of thin, flexible ("floppy") magnetic storage medium sealed in a square or rectangular. -
The Ethernet Computer Networking
Ethernet is a physical and data link layer technology for local area networks (LANs). Ethernet was invented by engineer Robert Metcalfe. -
Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair & IBM 5100 Computers
The First Hobby and Home Computers: Scelbi, Mark-8, Altair, IBM 5100. -
Apple I, II & TRS-80 & Commodore Pet Computers
History of Apple VideoThe personal computer became established as a consumer appliance rather than a hobbyist. -
VisiCalc Spreadsheet Software
VisiCalc was the first spreadsheet program available for personal computers. -
WordStar Software
WordStar was a text-based word processing program, meaning that it worked with files that were essentially text, with markup language-like formatting. -
The IBM PC - Home Computer
The IBM Personal Computer, commonly known as the IBM PC, is the original version. -
MS-DOS Computer Operating System
The "Microsoft Disk Operating System" or MS-DOS was based on QDOS, the "Quick and Dirty Operating System" -
Apple Lisa Computer
The Apple Lisa was an amazing advancement in a user-friendly computer system, but Apple didn't invent the idea of the GUI. -
Apple Macintosh Computer
Apple has positioned the Mac as a higher-end personal computer. -
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft. -
"Hypertext" system
In 1990 Tim Berners-Lee, working with Robert Cailliau at CERN propose a 'hypertext' system, which is the first start of the Internet as we know it today. -
Linux
Linux is introduced by Linus Torvalds in August 25, 1991 -
IBM THinkPad
IBM PCD introduces the IBM ThinkPad 775CD, the first notebook with an integrated CD-ROM. -
IBM Butterfly Keyboard
IBM introduces the butterfly keyboard -
iMac
Apple introduces the iMac, the iMac helps bring Apple back on the computer maps as a very easy and friendly computer. -
Apple iPad
Apple introduces the iPad on January 27, 2010.
