1. 1936 - Konrad Zuse - Z1 Computer
First freely programmable computer.
2. 1942 - John Atanasoff & Clifford Berry
ABC Computer.
3. 1944 - Howard Aiken & Grace Hopper
Harvard Mark I Computer.
4. 1946 - John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly
ENIAC 1 Computer 20,000 vacuum tubes later...
5. 1948 - Frederic Williams & Tom Kilburn
Manchester Baby Computer & The Williams Tube Baby.
6. 1947/48 - John Bardeen, Walter Brattain & Wiliam Shockley
The Transistor. No, a transistor is not a computer, but this invention greatly affected the history of computers.
7. 1951 - John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly
UNIVAC Computer First commercial computer to be able to pick presidential winners.
8. 1953 - International Business Machines
IBM 701 EDPM Computer. IBM enters into 'The History of Computers'.
9. 1954 - John Backus & IBM
FORTRAN Computer Programming Language. The first successful high level programming language.
10. 1955 (In Use 1959) - Stanford Research Institute, Bank of America, and General Electric
ERMA and MICR. The first bank industry computer - also MICR (magnetic ink character recognition) for reading checks.
11. 1958 - Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce
The Integrated Circuit Otherwise known as 'The Chip'
12. 1962 - Steve Russell & MIT
Spacewar Computer Game. The first computer game invented.
13. 1964 - Douglas Engelbart
Computer Mouse & Windows. Nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end.
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14. 1969 - ARPAnet
The original Internet.
15. 1970 - Intel 1103 Computer Memory
The world's first available dynamic RAM chip.
16. 1971 - Faggin, Hoff & Mazor
Intel 4004 Computer Microprocessor. The first microprocessor.
17. 1971 - Alan Shugart & IBM
The "Floppy" Disk. Nicknamed the "Floppy" for its flexibility.
18. 1973 - Robert Metcalfe & Xerox
The Ethernet, Computer Networking.
19. 1974/75 - Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair & IBM 5100 Computers
The first consumer computers.
20. 1976/77 - Apple I, II & TRS-80 & Commodore Pet Computers
More first consumer computers.
21. 1978 - Dan Bricklin & Bob Frankston
VisiCalc Spreadsheet Software. Any product that pays for itself in two weeks is a surefire winner.
22. 1979 - Seymour Rubenstein & Rob Barnaby
WordStar Software. Word Processors.
23. 1981 - IBM
The IBM PC - Home Computer. From an "Acorn" grows a personal computer revolution
24. 1981 - Microsoft
MS-DOS Computer Operating System. From "Quick And Dirty" comes the operating system of the century.
25. 1983 - Apple Lisa Computer
The first home computer with a GUI, graphical user interface.
26. 1984 - Apple Macintosh Computer
The more affordable home computer with a GUI.
27. 1985 - Microsoft Windows. Microsoft begins the friendly war with Apple. |
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