The History of the Computer and the Internet by Danielle Morrone

By daniellemorrone

  • Origin of the QWERTY Keyboard

    Origin of the QWERTY Keyboard
    Learn more about the QWERTY KeyboardIn 1868 Christopher Sholes patented the type writing machine, then in 1875 the keyboard layout was redesigned by Sholes and Amos Densmore. In 1878 Sholes and Densmore patented the QWERTY keyboard which is still used to this day.

  • The first computer was made.

    The first computer was made.
    Learn more about the ENIACThe first computer, the ENIAC was invented by J. Presper Eckert and JOhn Mauchly. The computer construction began in 1943 aand was not completed until 1946.

  • ARPANET Created (The start of the Internet)

    ARPANET Created (The start of the Internet)
    More information about ARPANETARPANET was the network that became the foundation for the Internet. It was developed under the direction of the U.S. Advanced Research Projects Agency or ARPA. Its original purpose was to communicate and share computer resources among scientific users at different institutions.

  • Invention of the Personal Computer

    Invention of the Personal Computer
    Learn more about the first personal computer!In 1970 John Blankenbaker from Kencak Corporation designed and invented the first personal computer. The first of these computers actually sold was in 1991.

  • Email is Created and Working

    Email is Created and Working
    Learn more about Ray Tomlinson
    Ray Tomlinson invented email as an ARPANET contractor. He used the "@" symbol to denote sending a message from one computer to another. By the year 1974 there were hundreds of email users in the military because ARPANET was encouraging this new form of communication. Note that he actually created the idea for email in late 1971.

  • TCP/IP Protocol developed

    TCP/IP Protocol developed
    In 1973 Dr. Vincent Cerf and Dr. Bob Kahn developed the communication rules we know as TCP/IP protocol. TCP stads for Transmission Control Protocol and IP stands for Internet Protocol. These are the basic communication language of the internet. Read more about Cerf & Kahn

  • First Apple Comuter Made

    First Apple Comuter Made
    History of Apple ComputersIn 1976 Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs released the first Apple computer and started Apple computers.

  • Windows 1.0

    Windows 1.0
    The History of Windows Windows 1.0 was released on this day. It was the first version of the Microsoft Windows line.

  • Creation of the World Wide Web (WWW)

    Creation of the World Wide Web (WWW)
    Read more about Tim Berners Lee and the WWW. In March of 1989 Tim Berners Lee laid out his vision for the World WIde Web.

  • HTML, URI & HTTP Invented

    HTML, URI & HTTP Invented
    Read about HTML, URI and HTTP.Tim Berner's Lee writes the three fundamental technologies that still remain the foundation of the World WIde Web today. They are HTML, URI and HTTP.