History of computers and programming timeline | Timetoast Timelines

Jan 1, 1937

Creation of the vaccum tube by John V. Atanasoff

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Period: Jan 1, 1939 to Jan 1, 1954

First Generation, Vaccum tubes

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Nov 1, 1939

Demonstration of the vaccum tube

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Jan 1, 1941

Z3 is discreetly created

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Jan 1, 1943

Collosus is created to decode german messages

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Jan 1, 1944

Harverd Mark 1 for military by Howard Aiken

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Jan 1, 1951

S.A. Lebedev creates the MESM

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Jan 1, 1953

Tom Watson Jr introduces the Model 106 computer

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Period: Jan 1, 1954 to Jan 1, 1959

Second Generation: Transistors

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Jan 1, 1955

IBM introduces 702 Model computer

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Jan 1, 1959

ERMA is published

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Period: Jan 1, 1959 to Jan 1, 1971

Third Generation: IC

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Jan 1, 1964

IBM creates SABRE

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Jan 1, 1968

DEC is Introduced

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Jan 1, 1969

ARPAnet starts to develop

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Jan 1, 1971

Intel starts producing LSI

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Period: Jan 1, 1971 to Jan 1, 1991

Generation Four: Microprocessors

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Jan 1, 1975

Altair Pc is Released

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Jan 1, 1979

Micropro releases Wordstar

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Jan 1, 1987

Apple creates Hypercard

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Period: Jan 1, 1991 to Jan 1, 2056

What's Next?

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Jan 1, 1993

First Web Browser: Mosaic

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Dec 1, 1994

Netscape Released

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Aug 1, 1996

Modern Day Internet Explorer is Released

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