Technology History Timeline CompSci

  • Complex Number Calculator (CNC)

    Complex Number Calculator (CNC)
    SourceIn 1939, Bell Telephone Laboratories completed this calculator, designed by researcher George Stibitz.In 1940, Stibitz demonstrated the CNC at an American Mathematical Society conference held at Dartmouth College.
  • Z3

    Z3
    SourceBuilt by german Konrad zuse.Using 2,300 relays, the Z3 used floating point binary arithmetic and had a 22-bit word length.
  • The Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC)

    The Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC)
    SourceAfter successfully demonstrating a proof-of-concept prototype in 1939, Atanasoff received funds to build the full-scale machine. Built at Iowa State College (now University), the ABC was designed and built by Professor John Vincent Atanasoff and graduate student Cliff Berry between 1939 and 1942.
  • First Commercial modem

    First Commercial modem
    Source AT&T Made the first ever commercial modem,to convert digital computer data to analog signals for transmission across its long distance network.Its called Dataphone
  • The First Internet-ARPANET

    The First Internet-ARPANET
    Source The ARPANET was the first internet that connected computers and developed by the U.S Military. The protocol TCP/IP was first developed to commumicate and is still used today.
  • First Email sent

    First Email sent
    SourceRay Tomlinson sent the first email. it was an accident becuase he was trying to do another project when he sent it.
  • Blue box

    Blue box
    Sourceallowed people to call for free.steve wozniak sold the boxes in dormitories at the University of California Berkeley where he studied as an undergraduate.
  • the Alto

    the Alto
    Sourcethe first work station with a built-in mouse for input. The Alto stored several files simultaneously in windows, offered menus and icons, and could link to a local area network.
  • Atari Computer

    Atari Computer
    SourceAtari introduces the Model 400 and 800 Computer. Both sold well, though they had technical and marketing problems, and faced strong competition from the Apple II, Commodore PET, and TRS-80 computers.
  • PAC-MAN

    PAC-MAN
    SourceA missing slice of pizza inspires Namco’s Toru Iwatani to create Pac-Man, which goes on sale in July 1980. That year a version of Pac-Man for Atari 2600 becomes the first arcade hit to appear on a home console.
  • Donkey Kong Junior

    Donkey Kong Junior
    SourceMario made his first appereance on Donkey kong JR. and was known as Jumpman aka marios father.
  • Microsoft Introduces Windows 1.0

    Microsoft Introduces Windows 1.0
    Source First Fully operating OS For a computer.Floppy Disks Were used to install it.
  • Number of network hosts

    Number of network hosts
    Source On 1987 # of network hosts reached 1,000. Then on 1992 the number increased to 1 million hosts.
  • MKX

    MKX
    SourceMortal Kombat X[b] is a fighting video game developed by NetherRealm Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. It is the tenth main installment in the Mortal Kombat video game series and was released on April 14, 2015 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
  • Batman: Arkham Knight

    Batman: Arkham Knight
    SourceBatman: Arkham Knight is a 2015 action-adventure video game developed by Rocksteady Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One video game consoles, and Microsoft Windows.