Computer History

By runiteking1

  • Jacquard%u2019s Loom

    Joseph Marie Jacquard inventes an input device that uses punch cards to "program" textile looms.

  • Napoleonic Wars

  • World War I

    World War I

  • Great-Grandma Birthday

  • Great Depression

  • The Atanasoff-Berry Computer

    The Atanasoff-Berry computer (ABC) was invented by John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry. This is recognized as the first computer.

  • ENIAC

    The first large scale, reprogrammable digital computer that was developed for artillery firing tables and helped with the hydrogen bomb.

  • World's First Disk Drive

    IBM introduces 350 RAMAC, which contained the world's first disk drive. Also, it was one of the first computers to use transisters.

  • Mom's Birthday

  • Commercial Microprocessor

    Intel introduced the first microprocessor, the 4004, sparking the interest for personal computers.

  • End of Vietname War

  • Britney Spears' Birthday

  • My Birthday

    My Birthday

  • Google

    Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin at Stanford.

  • First iPod unveiled