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Charles Babbage and the Difference Engine
Charles Babbage invents the Difference Machine in 1822. This enigne was used in order to calculate polynomials. -
The Telegraph
In 1844 a man called Samuel Morse sent a message 37 miles from Washington D.C. to Baltimore, using his new invention 'The Telegraph'. This may seem a far cry from today's computer networks but the principals remain the same. -
First Wireless Radio Waves
Heinrich Herz discovered and first produced radio waves in 1888 and by 1894 the modern way to send a message over telegraph wires was first conducted. Marconi sent and received signals up to two miles using radio waves. Marconi became known as the “father of radio”. By 1899, Marconi sent a signal nine miles across the Bristol Channel and 31 miles across the English Channel to France. In 1901 he was able to transmit across the Atlantic Ocean. -
First Electronic Computer
John Atanasoff invented the first electric computer. It was the first computer to use RAM, and to hold the ability of computing multiple operations simultaneously. -
First Commercially Produced Computer
Engineering Research Associates of Minneapolis built the ERA 1101. This was actually the first commercially produced computer. The company´s first customer was the U.S. Navy. -
The LINC computer
The LINC (Laboratory Instrumentation Computer) offered the first real time laboratory data processing. -
Ethernet Invented
Ethernet was developed in the mid 1970's by the Xerox Corporation at their Palo Alto Research Centre (PARC) in California, and in 1979 DEC and Intel joined forces with Xerox to standardize the Ethernet system for everyone to use. The first specification by the three companies called the 'Ethernet Blue Book' was released in 1980, it was also known as the 'DIX standard' after their initials. -
Microsoft was founded
Paul Allen and Bill Gates, childhood friends with a passion in computer programming, were seeking to make a successful business utilizing their shared skills. Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975. -
Apple Computers was founded
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First laptop
Before laptop/notebook computers were technically feasible, similar ideas had been proposed, most notably Alan Kay's Dynabook concept, developed at Xerox PARC in the early 1970s. What was probably the first portable computer was the Xerox NoteTaker, again developed at Xerox PARC, in 1976. However, only 10 prototypes were built. -
Compaq Portable - 1st 100% IBM clone
The first PC clone was developed by Compaq, the "Compaq Portable" was release in March 1983 and was 100% compatible with IBM computers and software that ran on IBM computers. The Compaq Portable was the first 100% compatible IBM computer clone. Why make an IBM clone? Because the IBM PC was extremely popular, and taken very seriously by businesses looking for a computer system. More than a mere IBM clone, the Compaq Portable is something different, it's transportable, designed so it is portable. -
Cabling System
In 1985, the Computer Communications Industry Association (CCIA) asked the Electronic Industries Association (EIA) to develop a cabling standard which would define a generic telecommunications wiring system for commercial buildings, that will support a multi product, multi vendor environment. In essence this would be a cabling system which would run all current and future networking systems over a common topology using a common media and common connectors. -
HTML invented
Tim Berners-Lee invents the Web with HTML as its publishing language. The World Wide Web began life in the place where you would least expect it: at CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics in Geneva, Switzerland. -
1st personal computer
In 1992 Tandy Radio Shack becomes one of the first companies to release a computer based on the MPC standard with its introduction of the M2500 XL/2 and M4020 SX computers. Short for Multimedia PC, MPC was developed in 1990 and is any computer that is capable of running programs that combine video, animation, audio, and graphics. In 1992, Radio Shack released the M2500 XL/2 and M4020 SX computers, the first personal computers based upon the MPC specification. -
First iMac
Apple iMac. One of Apple's rare forays into color, the original iMacs, which were released in 1998, came in a blue casing. They heralded the return of Steve Jobs to Apple's helm, and the return of stylish computers, says Ismail, after a decade of boring, beige boxes. -
Macbook Air
Steve Jobs introduced the first MacBook Air during a speech at his keynote at the 2008 Macworld Conference & Expo on January 15, 2008.[8] The first-generation MacBook Air was a 13.3"-only model, initially promoted as the world's thinnest notebook.
