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John Napier invents a system of moveable rods
The machine was able to multiply, divide and calculate square and cube roots -
William Oughtred develops slide rules
William Oughtred develops slide rules -
Wilhelm Schickard invented calculating clock
Wilhelm Schickard invented calculating clock -
Blaise Pascal invents the the Pascaline
Blaise Pascal invents the the "Pascaline," a mechanical adding machine. -
Charles Babbage designs his first mechanical computer
Charles Babbage designs his first mechanical computer -
Charles Babbage invented the Analytical Engine
The Analytical Engine was invented by Charles Babbage -
Samuel Morse invents Morse code
Samuel Morse invents the Morse code. -
Alan Turing develops the concept of a theoretical computing machine
Alan Turing develops the concept of a theoretical computing machine -
Introduced WWW and Yahoo
The World Wide Web Consortium is founded by Tim Berners-Lee
YAHOO is created in April, 1994. -
Alan Turing publishes his paper Computing Machinery
Alan Turing publishes his paper Computing Machinery and Intelligence which helps create the Turing Test. -
The Computer Mouse
Douglas Engelbart invents and patents the first computer mouse (nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end) -
Hypertext
Andries van Dam and Ted Nelson coin the term hypertext. -
RAM world's first availabe dynamic RAM.
Intel introduces the world's first available dynamic RAM ( random-access memory) chip and the first microprocessor, the Intel 4004 -
E-mail was invented by Ray Tomlinson
E-mail was invented by Ray Tomlinson -
Floppy Disk
Floppy Disk was invented by David Noble with IBM - Nicknamed the "Floppy" for its flexibility. -
First Video Game
Atari releases Pong, the first commercial video game -
Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs introduces Apple Computers
Apple Computers was founded by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs -
Ward Christensen invents Modem
Ward Christensen writes the programme "MODEM" allowing two microcomputers to exchange files with each other over a phone line. -
Microsoft Windows introduced MS-DOS
Microsoft Windows introduced eliminating the need for a user to have to type each command, like MS-DOS, by using a mouse to navigate through drop-down menus, tabs and icons -
Apple introduces the Macintosh
Apple introduces the Macintosh with mouse and window interface -
The Nintendo Entertainment System makes its debut.
The Nintendo Entertainment System makes its debut. -
Microsoft introduces Microsoft Works
Microsoft introduces Microsoft Works -
World Wide Web launced to the Public.
The World Wide Web is launched to the public. -
Only 50 World Wide Web
At the beginning of the year only 50 World Wide Web servers are known to exist. -
Java, Amazon, EBay, Hotmail were introduced.
Java is introduced
Amazon.com is founded by Jeff Bezos
EBay is founded by Pierre Omidyar
Hotmail is started by Jack Smith and Sabeer Bhatia. -
Web TV is introduced
WebTV is introduced -
Sergey Brin and Larry Page finds Google
Google is founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page on September 7, 1998 -
Bill Gates introduces Xbox
Bill Gates introduces the Xbox on January 7th 2001. -
Skype announces, over 100 million registered users.
Skype announces that it has over 100 million registered users.
