the computer thru the years

CHARLES BABBAGE

Sep 3, 1834

INVENTED THE 1ST AUTOMATIC CALCULATOR CALL THE THE ANALYTICAL ENGINE.

HERMAN HOLLERITH

Sep 3, 1890

CREATED THE HOLLERITH TABULATING MACHINE, HE LEFT THE CENSUS BUREAU IN 1896. HE THEN STARTED THE TABULATING MACHIND COMPANHY, LATER THE NAME OF HIS COMPANY WAS CHANGE TO I.B.M..

Z1 COMPUTER

Sep 3, 1936

CREATED BY KONARD ZUSE MADE A MECHANICAL CALCULATOR CALLED THE Z1. THOUGHT TO BE THE FIRST COMPUTER TO INCLUDE CERTAIN FEATURES INTEGRAL TO TODAY SYSTEME.

ENIAC

Nov 4, 1944

CREATED BY JOHN W. MAUCHLY & J.PRESPER ECKERT AT EHT UNIVERSITY OF PA., ENIAC MEANS: ELECTRONIC NMERICAL INTERGRATED AND COMPUTER. IT ALSO USED NEARLY18,000 VACUUM TUBES, AND TOOK UP ALMOST 1,800 SQUARE FEET OF FLOOR SPACE.

2ND GENERATION COMPUTERS

Sep 3, 1945

USED TRANSISTORS TO STORE DATA WHICH REPLACED THE VACUUM TUBES.

UNIVAC

Mar 28, 1951

UNIVAC: UNIVERSAL AUTOMATIC COMPUTER OR UNIVAC, 1ST COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL ELECTRONIC COMPUTER. IT OPERATED ON MAGNETIC TAPE, THE COMPETITORS RAN ON PUNCH CARDS.

1ST GENERATION COMPUTERS

Sep 3, 1951

THE UNIVAC AND COMPUTERS LIKE IT WERE CONSIDERED 1ST GENERATION COMPUTERS AND THE LAST TO USE VACUUM TUBES.

JACK KELBY

Sep 3, 1958

JACK KELBY WAS WORKING AT TEXAS INSTERMENTS WHEN HE INVENTED THE WORLD'S 1ST INTGRATED CIRCUIT, A SMALL CHIP CAPABLE OF CONTAINING THOUSANDS OF TRANSISTORS.

basic

Oct 30, 1964

revolutionized software, became key language for PC's, let to micorsoft.

4TH GENERATION COMPUTERS

Sep 3, 1971

THESE COMPUTERS INTRODUCED THE MICROPROCESSOR CHIP. IT WAS THE BRAIN OF THE COMPUTER ALSO CALLED THE C.P.U., CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT.

Introduction to G.U.I. GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE.

Sep 3, 1972

THIS FUNCTION ENABLED THE USER TO INERACT WITH THE COMPUTER MORE EASILY, NOT HAVING TO USE COMMANDS, NEVER SOLD COMMERCIALLY.

altair computer

Sep 2, 1975

no keyboard, no monitor, bill gates was one of the first owners

BILL GATES

Sep 3, 1975

AMONG ONE OF THE 1ST OWNERS OF THE ALTAIR COMPUTER AND THE CO-FOUNDER OF MICROSOFT COMPUTERS.

apple II Compiter

Sep 3, 1976

Bulit by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak

STEVE JOBS

Sep 3, 1976

HE WAS WORKING FOR THE COMPANY ATARI WHEN HE AND STEVE WOZNIAK BUILT THE FIRST APPLE 1 COMPUTER IN WOZINAK GARAGE, A YEAR LATER THE APPLE II WAS INTRODUCED IN 1977.

VISICALC

Feb 22, 1978

WAS THE FIRST ELECTRONIC SPREADSHEET APPLICATIONS.

VISICALC

Jun 3, 1978

THIS WAS THE FIRST ELECTRONIC SPREADSHEED APPLICATION, ORIGINIALLY RELEASED FOR THE APPLE II COMPUTER.

WORDSTAR

Oct 2, 1978

THE FIRST WORDE PROCESSING APPLICATION

osborne computer

Sep 3, 1981

1st introduced in 1981 weighing 24.5 pounds with a 5.5 screen

EXCEL

May 28, 1985

ONE OF THE FIRST SREADSHEETS TO USE A GRAPHICAL USER INGTERFACE, IT WAS ALSO PUT OUT MY MICROSOFT.

PAGEMAKER

Sep 3, 1985

FIRST DESK TOP PUBLISHING SOFTWARE.

MOSAIC

Sep 3, 1993

IN 1993 THIS WEB BROWSER WAS INTRODUCED. IT ALLOWED THE USERS TO BROWSE MULTIMEDIA ON THE WEB.

NETSCAPE

Dec 16, 1994

A TEAM OF DEVELOPERS LAUNCHED THE NETSCAPE WEB BROWSER , WHICH SOON BECAME A PREDOMINAT PLAYER IN BROWSER SOFTWARE.