the history of computers

  • First computer invented

    First computer invented
    In 1822, Charles Babbage, an English inventor, began to develop the first computer. this is recorded to be the first automatic computing machine that was capable of computing several sets of numbers and making hard copies of the results.
  • when was the BBC invented

    when was the BBC invented
    The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the UK's public-service broadcaster, headquartered at Broadcasting House in London.It is the world's oldest national broadcasting organisation and the largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees, with over 20,000 staff in total, of which 16,672 are in public sector broadcasting.
  • First transistor computer

    First transistor computer
    in 1953, Tom Kilburn, Richard Grimsdale and Douglas Webb at Manchester University created the first transistor computer using 2000 transistors. it was used as, well a calculator really. it didnt have a purpose as such but was created to see if it transistors would work.
  • when was ITV invented

    when was ITV invented
    The ITV network came about as a result of the Television Act 1954, which paved the way for the establishment of a commercial television service in the UK and created the Independent Television Authority (ITA).
    The first ITV contractor to begin broadcasting was the London Weekday contractor Associated-Rediffusion, on 22 September 1955 beginning at 6:15pm.
  • First mouse invented

    First mouse invented
    the first computer mouse was created and developed by Douglas Engelbart, with the assistance of Bill English. it was created as an easier method for controlling what happened on a computer screen.
  • internet invented

    internet invented
    in 1968, the Network Working Group (NWG) had a meeting in which they dicussed a way they could comunicate with eachother if the worse was to happen. they came up with the idea that we know today to be the early internet. The thing was only ythey could use it. later it became availible for universitys in America and then later it was introduced to the public
  • when was Netfilx invented

    when was Netfilx invented
    In 1997 in California, Reed Hastings and fellow software executive Marc Randolph co-found Netflix to offer online movie rentals for a small price. It was the first of its kind and offered an oray of movies that were popular at the time.
  • Facebook invented

    Facebook invented
    Facebook was invented by Mark Zuckerburg in 2004. he was a Harvard student. as soon as the site was set up it was a sucess but later some of his fellow students claimed he stole the idea and Mark was done for fraud. the idea came about as part of a project the students were working on.
  • when was Youtube invented

    when was Youtube invented
    YouTube began when three former PayPal employees started to create a video-sharing website on which users could upload, share, and view videos.The Internet domain name "youtube.com" was activated on February 14, 2005.
    YouTube was founded by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim, who were all early employees of PayPal. Prior to PayPal, Hurley studied design at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Chen and Karim studied computer science together at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champai.
  • when was Pinterest invented

    when was Pinterest invented
    Pinterest was created by Paul Sciarra, Even Sharp and Ben Silbermann in 2010. it was a way that people couls share pictures off the internet of things they liked from clothes to houses. it took a while for the site to get going but quickly boomed with 100,000's of users around the world.
  • when was Instagram invented

    when was Instagram invented
    Instagram was created by two men from San Fransisco called Kevin Syndrom and Mike Krieger. and was launched as a free mobile app for Apple devices. since then it has become avalible for Android too. they created it because they wanted a way for people to share pictures on the internet in an easy way. it was an instant success with 8,000 followers in a week.
  • when was Snapchat invented

    when was Snapchat invented
    Snapchat was created by Even Speigel and Bobby Murphy at Stanford University as a project for one of Even's classes. the idea was met with confusion as people didnt undersatnd why you wouldnt want a perminant picture. They created it as a way for people to share what was going on in their live but not perminantly as when a Snap dissapears it is deleted off the Snapchat data base.
  • prediction - text by thinking

    prediction - text by thinking
    you will be able to send texts by just thinking about what you want to send
  • prediction- super computer

    prediction- super computer
    it will be commen to use a computer based search engine to find objects in your house
  • predictions- flying drones

    predictions- flying drones
    people will have their mail dilivered by flying drones
  • prediction- artificial inteligence

    prediction- artificial inteligence
    a full independant, artificial intelligence will have been created which will be smarter than humans in all areas
  • prediction- mini robots

    prediction- mini robots
    tiny robots will conduct medical surgery from inside our bodies
  • prediction- space battle

    prediction- space battle
    the first battle will be fought in space by computer controlled space ships