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Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage, FRS was an English polymath. He was a mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, who is best remembered now for originating the concept of a programmable computer. Charles died on October 18, 1871. -
Herman Hollerith
Herman Hollerith was an American statistician and inventor who developed a mechanical tabulator based on punched cards to rapidly tabulate statistics from millions of pieces of data. Herman died on November 17th, 1929. -
Jack Kilby
An american engineer who contributed to the first integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments in 1958. He died in Dallas texas in 2005. -
Z1 Computer
Created by Konrad Zuse, a german who created the Z1 in his parents living room. -
First Generation Computers
(1940-1956) The first generation computers were known for being enormous and often taking up an entire room. Input relied heavily on punch cards and paper tape. -
Eniac
ENIAC stands for Electrical Numerical Integrator and Calcalator. The army needed a computer for calculating target accuracy. -
UNIVAC
The UNIVAC was created by the same team that created the ENIAC: Dr. Presper Eckert and Dr. John Mauchly -
Steve Jobs
Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs was an American entrepreneur, marketer, and inventor, who was the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc. Steve died on October 5th of 2011 of cancer in California. -
Bill Gates
William Henry "Bill" Gates, III is an American business magnate, philanthropist, investor, computer programmer, and inventor. -
Second Generation Computers
(1956-1963) This is when computers became smaller , faster, cheaper, reliable, and energy efficient than the first generation computers. -
BASIC
BASIC- Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz designed the original BASIC language. -
3rd Generation Computrers
(1964-1971) "Intergrated Circuits"- instead of using punch cards and print outs, users now used keyboards and monitors. -
Fourth Generation Computers
(1971-Present) The microprocessor brought the fourth generation of computers, as thousands of integrated circuits were built onto a single silicon chip. What in the first generation filled an entire room could now fit in the palm of the hand -
Introduction of the GUI
Its goal is to enhance the efficiency and ease of use for the underlying logical design of a stored program, a design discipline known as usability. It solves the blank screen problem that confronted early computer users. -
altair computer
Considered to be the first "personal computer", aka PC. Ed Roberts was the designer of the Altair 8800. The Altair 8800 was featured in the January and February editions of "Popular Electronics". -
Apple II
Steve Wozniak designed the Apple II in 1977. -
WordStar
"word processor". Developed by Rob Barnaby. -
Visicalc
The first electronic spreadsheet. It was originally for the Apple II. It was very basic, only performing basic arithmetic operations. -
Osborne Computer
The Osborne 1 was created by Adam Osborne and designed by Lee Felsenstein. Unable to beat its competition in the marketplace, Osborne Computer Corporation filed for bankruptsy in September of 1983. -
PageMaker
One of the first desktop publishing programs. -
Excel
In 1978, visicalc was the first electronic spreadsheet. There were multiple others, but it was not until 1985 that microsoft relased excel to the public. -
Mosaic
Web browser credited for the World Wide Web "www". Mosaic was the web browser which led to the internet bomb of the 90s. -
Netscape
Netscape was a web browser founded by Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark (founders); James Barksdale (CEO).
