The Evolution of The Computer

By drinkboy2005

  • The loom

    The loom
    In France, Joseph Marie Jacquard invents a loom that uses punched wooden cards to automatically weave fabric designs. Early computers would use similar punch cards.

  • The Turning machines

    The Turning machines
    Alan Turing presents the notion of a universal machine, later called the Turing machine, capable of computing anything that is commutable. The central concept of the modern computer was based on his ideas.

  • First Attempt to Build Computer

    First Attempt to Build Computer
    J.V. Atanasoff, a professor of physics and mathematics at Iowa State University, attempts to build the first computer without gears, cams, belts or shafts.

  • The First Computer able to save information

    The First Computer able to save information
    Atanasoff and his graduate student, Clifford Berry, design a computer that can solve 29 equations simultaneously. This marks the first time a computer is able to store information on its main memory.

  • First commercial computer

    First commercial computer
    Mauchly and Presper leave the University of Pennsylvania and receive funding from the Census Bureau to build the UNIVAC, the first commercial computer for business and government applications.

  • First Computer Language

    First Computer Language
    : Grace Hopper develops the first computer language, which eventually becomes known as COBOL. Thomas Johnson Watson Jr., son of IBM CEO Thomas Johnson Watson Sr., conceives the IBM 701 EDPM to help the United Nations keep tabs on Korea during the war.

  • Computers hit the store

    Computers hit the store
    A number of personal computers hit the market, including Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair, IBM 5100, Radio Shack's TRS-80 — affectionately known as the "Trash 80" — and the Commodore PET. 1974-1977

  • Apple makes first computer

    Apple makes first computer
    Jobs and Wozniak incorporate Apple and show the Apple II at the first West Coast Computer Faire. It offers color graphics and incorporates an audio cassette drive for storage.

  • First personal computer

    First personal computer
    Apple's Lisa is the first personal computer with a GUI. It also features a drop-down menu and icons. It flops but eventually evolves into the Macintosh. The Gavilan SC is the first portable computer with the familiar flip form factor and the first to be marketed as a "laptop."

  • Games are now on pc

    Games are now on pc
    PCs become gaming machines as "Command & Conquer," "Alone in the Dark 2," "Theme Park," "Magic Carpet," "Descent" and "Little Big Adventure" are among the games to hit the market.

  • Microsoft and Apple go at it

    Microsoft and Apple go at it
    Microsoft invests $150 million in Apple, which was struggling at the time, ending Apple's court case against Microsoft in which it alleged that Microsoft copied the "look and feel" of its operating system.

  • Wifi is here

    Wifi is here
    The term Wi-Fi becomes part of the computing language and users begin connecting to the Internet without wires

  • Mac os x

    Mac os x
    Apple unveils the Mac OS X operating system, which provides protected memory architecture and pre-emptive multi-tasking, among other benefits. Not to be outdone, Microsoft rolls out Windows XP, which has a significantly redesigned GUI.

  • Youtube is Founded

    Youtube is Founded
    YouTube, a video sharing service, is founded. Google acquires Android, a Linux-based mobile phone operating system.

  • MacBook pro made

    MacBook pro made
    Apple introduces the MacBook Pro, its first Intel-based, dual-core mobile computer, as well as an Intel-based iMac. Nintendo's Wii game console hits the market.

  • Ipad

    Ipad
    Apple unveils the iPad, changing the way consumers view media and jumpstarting the dormant tablet computer segment

  • Apple watch and microsoft 10

    Apple watch and microsoft 10
    Apple releases the Apple Watch. Microsoft releases Windows 10.