Computer History

wireless network

Sep 5, 1900

source Any type of computer network that uses wireless data connections. It alows people to connect to the internet and stuff wirelessly.

Eniac

Feb 14, 1946

source The Eniac was the first computer ever made. It was made of all kinds of vaccume tubes.

IBM 701 invented

Apr 19, 1952

source During three years of production, IBM sold 19 machines to research laboratories, aircraft companys, and the federal government

CDC 6600 invented

Jan 18, 1965

source It was designed by Seymour Cray. The 6600 was the fastest computer in the world at that time.

ARPANET

Sep 5, 1969

Source It is one of the worlds first packet switching networks. The network was initially funded by the ARPA.

Alto invented

Mar 1, 1974

Source First work station with a built in mouse for input. It could link to a local area network.

apple inc.

Apr 1, 1976

source An american multinational corporation that makes and sells computer objects. The worlds second largest information technology company.

commodore 64 invented

Jan 3, 1982

Source Sold for $595. It had 64 KB of RAM.

Bluetooth invented

Sep 3, 1994

Source A wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances. Bluetooth has more than 20000 member companies.

internet invented

Aug 1, 1995

Source Created by Microsoft. The first internet explorer was derived from Spyglass Mosaic.

Safari

Jan 7, 2003

sourceIt was developed by Apple Inc.. It became Apple's default browser.

firefox

Apr 3, 2003

source A free and open source web browser. They have gone through several name chnages.

skype

Aug 29, 2003

source Skype was founded by Janus Friis. Skype is an app that people can video chat on.

google chrome

Sep 2, 2008

source It is a freeware web browser made by google. It is the worlds most used web browser.

snapchat

Nov 29, 2012

source A photo messaging application developed by Evan Spiegel. Spiegel made it for a class in Stanford University.