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Oct 11, 1206
Automata
Designed and built automata I order to service others. (Musicians that floated on water, hand washing, and servants) -
Jacquard Loom
Invnted by Josph Marie Jacquard.
simplifies the process of manufacturing textiles with such complex patterns as brocade, damask and matelassé -
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First Computer Programmer: Ada Lovelace
Lovelace translated an article about Charles Babbage's proposed Analytic Engine. In her notes, she describes an algorithm that is cited as the first computer program, making her the first computer programmer.
She also theorized that the computer could, one day, play music and chess.
Ada, a U.S. Departmnt of Defense computer language, is named in her honor. -
Electric Tabulating System
Herman Hollerith developed the idea of the electric tabulating system, a machine that could read data.
He later founded Tabulating Machine Company in 1896, which is now known as IBM. -
Turing Machine
Alan Turing presents the notion of a universal machine, later called the Turing machine, capable of computing anything that is computable. -
Atanasoff and Clifford Berry
Atanasoff and Clifford Berry designed a computer that can solve 29 equations simultaneously. This marks the first time a computer is able to store information on its main memory. -
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The Electrical Numerical Integrator and Calculator (ENIAC)
John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert, build the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator (ENIAC). Considered the grandfather of digital computers, it fills a 20-foot by 40-foot room and has 18,000 vacuum tubes. -
First Commercial Computer for Business and Government
Mauchly and Presper receive funding from the Census Bureau to build the UNIVAC, the first commercial computer for business and government applications. -
Transistor
William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain invent the transistor. They discovered how to make an electric switch with solid materials and no need for a vacuum. -
First Computer Language: COBOL
COBOL (Common Business-Oriented Language) began to be put in use as the second generation computers were much smaller and more powerful.
COBOL was developed by Grace Murray Hopper and its primary used was for business, finance, administrative systems and governments. -
First High Level Computer Language: FORTRAN
John Backus creates the first high level computer language. -
Computer Chip
Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce unveil the integrated circuit, known as the computer chip. -
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Second Generation Computers
Beginning from 1959 to 1964, second generation computers were built on transistors and printed circuits as opposed to vacuum tubes as in the prior generation. -
First Computer Game: Space War!
Steve Russel created the first computer game, Space War! Took roughly 200 hours. Written on a DEC Interactive mini computer. Russel never profited from Space war! -
Third Generation
The Third Generation of the computer era begins. -
Computer Language: PASCAL
A new computer language, PASCAL, is introduced. -
Computer Language: BASIC
In mid-1970s, a new computer language BASIC, was created. BASIC stands for Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. Actually, the original BASIC language was designed in 1964 by John George Kemeny and Thomas Eugene Kurtz. -
Development of 'C'
‘C’ is a general-purpose programming language developed in 1972 by Dennis Richie at Bell Telephone Laboratories. Its purpose was to implement the new machine-independent UNIX operating system. -
Internet
Vinton Cerf & Bob Khan were the first to use the term "internet." -
Ethernet Cable
Invention of the Ethernet Cord. -
Apple I
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak start Apple Computers on April Fool’s Day and roll out the Apple I, the first computer with a single-circuit board. -
Apple II
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak incorporate Apple and show the Apple II at the first West Coast Computer Faire. It offers color graphics and incorporates an audio cassette drive for storage. -
HP-85A
HP-85A, a personal computer is released. -
Windows
Microsoft announces Windows, its response to Apple’s GUI. -
Amiga 1000
Commodore unveils the Amiga 1000, which features advanced audio and video capabilities. -
Internet Society
Th internet society is formed and the World Wide Web is released. -
The Pentium Microprocessor
The Pentium microprocessor advances the use of graphics and music on PCs. -
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi Internet is standardized. -
Mac OS X
Apple unveils the Mac OS X operating system, which provides protected memory architecture and pre-emptive multi-tasking, among other benefits. -
Windows XP
Microsoft rolls out Windows XP, which has a significantly redesigned GUI, in order to challenge Apple's newly released Mac OS X -
Athlon 64
The first 64-bit processor, AMD’s Athlon 64, becomes available to the consumer market. -
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla’s Firefox 1.0 challenges Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, the dominant Web browser. -
Facebook
Facebook, a social networking site, launches. -
YouTube
YouTube, a video sharing service, is founded. -
Android
Google acquires Android, a Linux-based mobile phone operating system. -
Macbook Pro
Apple introduces the MacBook Pro, its first Intel-based, dual-core mobile computer, as well as an Intel-based iMac. -
Nintendo Wii
Nintendo’s Wii game console hits the market. -
iPhone
Apple releases the iPhone, which brings many computer functions to the smartphone. -
Windows 7
Microsoft launches Windows 7, which offers the ability to pin applications to the taskbar and advances in touch and handwriting recognition, among other features. -
iPad
Apple unveils the iPad, changing the way consumers view media and jump starting the dormant tablet computer segment. -
Chromebook
Google releases the Chromebook, a laptop that runs the Google Chrome OS. -
Windows 10
Microsoft releases Windows 10. -
Apple Watch
Apple releases the Apple Watch which inputs many of their other apple product features into the convenience of a watch. -
Facebook
Facebook gains 1 billion users on October 4th.