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Important events in computer history

By keldin
  • Binay System

    Binay System

    Pingla invented the binary system that serves as the foundation of computing systems the world over (300BC)
  • Z1 computer

    Z1 computer

    Konrad Zuse invents Z1 computer, the first freely programmable computer
  • First Transistors

    First Transistors

    John Bardeen, Walter Brattain & William Shockley invent the transistor which greatlty effected the history of computers
  • UNIVAC

    UNIVAC

    John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly, UNIVAC, first commercial computer able to pick presidential winners
  • "The Chip"

    "The Chip"

    Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce, invented the Integrated circuit, aka the chip
  • First Computer mouse

    First Computer mouse

    Douglas Engelbart invented the first mouse to work with windows
  • The Internet

    The Internet

    the original internet
  • First microprocessor

    First microprocessor

    Faggi, Hoff & Mazor, the first microprocessor
  • Birth of a GUI

    Birth of a GUI

    The first home computer with GUI
  • Microsoft VS Apple

    Microsoft VS Apple

    Microsoft begins the friendly war with Apple