Programming History Timeline

By mrnglry
  • John von Neumann outlines the architecture of a stored-program compututer.

    John von Neumann outlines the architecture of a stored-program computer, this is important because it mad programming much easier.
  • John von Neumann outlines the architecture of a stored-program computer

    John von Neumann outlines the architecture of a stored-program computer, which made programming much easier. It was a major improvement for programming.
  • Public Unveiling of the ENIAC

    Built by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering of the University of Pennsylvania, the ENIAC was the fatest computer a the time.
  • Timesharing, Worlds first online communities.

    People share a single computer, using terminals to log over telephones lines. It was used by many individuals to connect with others
  • The Rancho Arm

    Developed at Rancho Los Amigos Hospital and used as a tool for the handicapped, it was one of the first artificial robot arms.
  • DDP-116

    The DDP-116 is the world first commercial 16-bit computer. It cost around $28,500.
  • ERMA system

    The Firs ATM is introduced, but, the paper used in the first versions were slightly radioactive
  • Apple II

    The Apple II in introduced, It became extremely popular, selling over a million between 1977 and 1993, which made it one of the longest lived personal computers.
  • The C++ programming language is published

    The C++ programming language emerges, it became most widely used programming language in the computer industry. This language allowed for more complicated programing
  • ASIMO

    Honda's ASIMO, one of the most advanced humanoid robots is introduced by Honda
  • First 1 TB hardrive is made

    Hitachi Global Storage Technologies releases the firs 1 TB hard drive.
  • Quantum Computing

    Physicists have brought quantum computing a step closer by stopping light in a new experiment. Researchers report that controlling the movement of light is critical to developing future quantum computers, which could solve problems too complex for today's most advanced computers.