ICT Timeline

  • The Difference Engine

    The Difference Engine
    The difference engine was made by Charles Babbage to calculate mathematical tasks and it was the first programmable computer.
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    ICT Timeline

  • Colossus

    Colossus
    Colossus was made to be able to break any code and it broke the Lo-Renz Cipher that helped win the war significantly. It was originally invented by Alan Turing in 1936, but was then made by Tommy Flowers
  • ENIAC

    ENIAC
    ENIAC was the first general computer and it was 1000x faster than any other electro mechanical machine back in the time.
  • Integrated Circuit

    Integrated Circuit
    It was a very small chip that had the power of many Colossuses invented by Robert Noyce and was the breakthrough that allowed much smaller computers.
  • Apple I

    Apple I
    It was the first personal computer that could be bought and used at home.
  • TRS-80

    TRS-80
    The TRS-80 was the next personal computer made by Tandy Corporation. It was the first to have a display.
  • IBM Simon

    IBM Simon
    It was the first smartphone that was touchscreen. It could make and receive cellular calls and send and receive emails, fax, and cellular pages. It was made by IBM
  • iPhone 1G

    iPhone 1G
    It was the first smartphone made by Apple that was completely touchscreen on the display and it had many applications.
  • Samsung Galaxy

    Samsung Galaxy
    It was the first smartphone made by Samsung that used Samsung’s open source operating system.
  • WIMM 1

    WIMM 1
    It was the first smartphone capable of making 4 bit greyscale images. It has a modified version of the android operating system and is capable of doing many things.