Major events of the People of History of Computers

Charles Baggage

Sep 3, 1834

He designed the first automatic calculator.
Was named the father of computing also Charles hated all types of music

Herman Hollerith

Sep 3, 1890

Was the first to take the Jacqunds concept and apply it to computers.
Hollerith worked briefly for the Census Office in
the run-up to the 1880 census.

Z1 Computer

Sep 2, 1936

Computer was the first to use vaccum tubes insted of mechanical swithces.
The first computer of Konrad Zuse

1st Generation computers

Sep 3, 1946

The Univac and computers like it started coming out.
It was very
fast when compared with the delay line computers

Univac

Sep 2, 1951

First commercially successful electronic digital computer.
UNIVAC also played a key role in several monthly economic surveys

2nd Generation computers

Sep 3, 1954

Scientists in the bell telephone lab in New Jersey created 2nd generation computers.
A "second generation" of computers, through the late 1950s and 1960s featured
boards filled with individual transistors and magnetic memory cores

Jack Kilby

Sep 2, 1958

He invented the first intergerated circuit.
He was
rejected by the Educational Alliance because he drew "too fast with charcoal

Steve Jobs

Sep 3, 1963

Founder and CEO of Macrosoft.
Steve dropped out of college after one semester to save his parent’s money. He did drop-in though for 18 months.

Basic

Sep 2, 1967

Revolutionized the software industry

4th Generation Computers

Sep 3, 1971

Computers with the intergrated circuit

Introduction of the Gui

Sep 2, 1972

Allows users to interact with the computer more easily.
A GUI allows a computer user to move from application to application

Alraur computer

Sep 2, 1975

first personal computer was a "hobbyist" computer because customers had to construct the
machine from a kit.

Apple II

Jun 2, 1977

colored computer, sound and game paddles.
The Apple II was designed on the original Apple I but was much more expandable, easier to use, and complete overall.

osbirbe computers

Sep 2, 1981

first portable computer, was very heavy around 25 pounds.
Inspired the laptop

Steve Jobs

Sep 2, 1984

Co-founder of Apple computer and contrubuted to the macintosh project.
Steve Jobs did not enjoy wearing shoes.

3rd Generation Computers

Sep 3, 1988

Computers with intergrated circuit.
These computers had a short term memory and were considered to be a work in progress

Masaic

Sep 2, 1993

Lets people conduct and research and communicate in a new way. Funding for this computer came from high proforming computers