history of the computer and the internet

By Tyson Mclennan

  • First Gigabyte hard drive

    First Gigabyte hard drive
    The first Gigabyte hard drive is introduced by IBM and weighed 550lbs with a price of $44,000.

  • First Game Ever Created

    First Game Ever Created
    A.S. Douglas creates Noughts and Crosses. It runs on a computer called the: "Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator"

  • First Computer Mouse Invented

    First Computer Mouse Invented
    The mouse was invented by Douglas Engelbart in 1963-1964 and consisted of a wooden shell, circuit board and two metal wheels that came into contact with the surface it was being used on.

  • first floppy disk

    first floppy disk
    The earliest floppy disks, developed in the late 1960s, were 8 inches in diameter; they became commercially available in 1971

  • The first portable computer

    The first portable computer
    It had an 800Khz processor, between 2 and 8kb of RAM, 32kb of ROM, and a tiny one-line plasma display for output.
  • Period: to

    Usenet

    Picture: The "Big Nine" hierarchies that make up the Usenet

  • google was founded

    google was founded
    Google is an American multinational technology company specializing in Internet-related services and products.
    The founders of google was Larry Page, Sergey Brin

  • facebook was founded

    facebook was founded
    Facebook.com is Facebook's predecessor.
    it was made by Mark Zuckerberg

  • first apple iphone 3g

    first apple iphone 3g
    Units sold 6.1 million
    Steve Jobs was the maker
    Storage 4, 8 or 16 GB flash memory

  • Facebook reaches 500 million users

    Facebook reaches 500 million users
    Facebook reaches 500 million users
    Facebook adds 100 million users in four months