Major Events and People in the History of Computers

Charles Babbage

Sep 3, 1834

Creation of analytical engine the first mechanical computer
"Father of Computing"

Herman Hollerith

Sep 3, 1890

Invented tabulating machine about census data
"School was not very easy for him even though he was very clever"

Z1 Computer

Sep 3, 1936

Created features like control unit and seperate memory functions
"Konrad Zuse made it in his parents apartment"

Enaic

Sep 3, 1945

Developed to calculating settings used for weapons
"Heralded in the press as "Giant Brian" "

Univac

Sep 3, 1951

Used to predict Stevenson and Eisenhower presidential race
"Its short for Universal Automatic Computer"

1st generation computers

Sep 3, 1951

Made by Univac
"Could translate 5000 words per second"

2nd Generation

Sep 4, 1952

Invented by Bell Company
"The size changed drastically"

Jack Kilby

Sep 3, 1958

Invented worlds first integrated circuit
"Got a noble prize in Physics"

3rd generation

Sep 4, 1958

Integrated circuit computer
"Made it easier to learn new languages"

BASIC

Sep 3, 1964

A language to help beginning programmers study (financial,statistical, and engineering) programs
"forming an essential foundation or starting point"

4th generation

Sep 4, 1971

Microprocessor chip
"Stored a lot of programs in one machine"

Introduction of the GUI

Sep 3, 1972

Allowed users to interact with computer easily
"Graphic User Interface"

Altair Computer

Sep 3, 1975

First personal computer
"With an insert of an 8in floppy disk"

Steve Jobs

Sep 3, 1976

Formed apple computer
"Maker of the Macintosh, Ipod and Iphone etc."

Apple II

Sep 3, 1977

Colored monitor, sound, and game paddles on computer
"Had two floppy disk inserts"

Wordstar

Sep 4, 1978

First word processing application
"Codes were written in assembly lanhuage"

Visicalc

Sep 4, 1978

See the benefit of owning a computer
"First spreadsheet program available for personal computers"

Bill Gates

Sep 3, 1980

Creation of Microsoft
"A college dropout"

Osborne Computer

Sep 3, 1981

1st portable computer weighed 24.5lbs and had 5 inch thick screen
"First commercially successful portable microcomputer"

Page Maker

Sep 4, 1985

First desktop publishing software
"Helps a lot with publications and layout"

Mosaic

Sep 3, 1993

Could display graphivs as well as text
"A very important part of the world"

Netscape

Sep 4, 1998

Web browser software
"Doubled its profits every quarter of the year in the 90s"

Excel

Sep 4, 2007

Database function to organize your data
"There are a lot of tricks you can do with the cells on the program"