Technology History Project

  • The Z3 Computer

    The Z3 Computer
    The Z3, an early computer built by German engineer Konrad Zuse working in complete isolation from developments elsewhere, uses 2,300 relays, performs floating point binary arithmetic, and has a 22-bit word length. The Binary code used 1s and 0s so the computer could understand. http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/computers/
  • Harvard Mark 1

    Harvard Mark 1
    Conceived by Harvard physics professor Howard Aiken, and designed and built by IBM, the Harvard Mark 1 is a room-sized, relay-based calculator. http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/computers/
  • Ferranti Mark 1

    Ferranti Mark 1
    The title of “first commercially available general-purpose computer” probably goes to Britain’s Ferranti Mark I for its sale of its first Mark I computer to Manchester University.
  • ARPANET is created

    ARPANET is created
    The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) was an early packet switching network and the first network to implement the protocol suite TCP/IP. Both technologies became the technical foundation of the Internet.
  • TRS-80 is introduced byTRS

    TRS-80 is introduced byTRS
    The TRS-80 was priced at $599.95, included a Z80 microprocessor, video display, 4 KB of memory, a built-in BASIC programming language interpreter, cassette storage, and easy-to-understand manuals that assumed no prior knowledge on the part of the user.
  • C++ is created

    C++ is created
    C++ is a middle-level programming language developed by Bjarne Stroustrup starting in 1979 at Bell Labs. C++ runs on a variety of platforms, such as Windows, Mac OS, and the various versions of UNIX.
  • The Game boy is Released

    The Game boy is Released
    The Game boy is an 8-bit handheld video game device developed and manufactured by Nintendo.
  • PEN (The Public Electronic Network)

    PEN (The Public Electronic Network) in Santa Monica, may be able to claim the mantle of being the first local government based network of any size. Run by the local council, and conceived as a means for citizens to keep in touch with local government, its services included forms, access to the library catalogue, city and council information, and free email.
  • Python Computer Language

    Python Computer Language
    Python is a widely used high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language. Its design philosophy emphasizes code readability, and its syntax allows programmers to express concepts in fewer lines of code than possible in languages such as C++ or Java. https://www.google.com/?ion=1&espv=2#q=what%20is%20python%20programming&safe=active&ssui=on
  • PHP is created

    PHP is created
    PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML.
  • Java Script

    Java Script
    an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers.
  • Java is Created

    Java is Created
    Java is a general-purpose computer programming language that is concurrent, class-based, object-oriented, and specifically designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible.
  • Blu-Ray Release

    Blu-Ray Release
    is the name of a new optical disc format jointly developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), a group of the world's leading consumer electronics, personal computer and media manufacturers,a format of DVD designed for the storage of high-definition video and data. https://www.google.com/?ion=1&espv=2#safe=active&q=what+is+blu+ray
  • The PS4 is released

    The PS4 is released
    The PlayStation 4 (PS4) is a home video game console developed by Sony Computer Entertainment. Announced as the successor to the PlayStation 3 during a press conference on February 20, 2013, it was launched on November 15, 2013 in North America, and November 29, 2013 in Europe, South America and Australia. https://www.google.com/?ion=1&espv=2#q=when%20was%20the%20ps4%20released
  • The Apple Watch

    The Apple Watch
    Incorporating a version of Apple's iOS operating system, as well as sensors for environmental and health monitoring, the Apple Watch was designed to be incorporated into the Apple environment with compatibility with iPhones and Mac Books.