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Period: to
1800's
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Ada Lovelace
Ada Lovelace was a partner of Charles Babbage. Lovelace advanced his ideas for his Analytical Engine, and puplished his notes in 1843. Ada Lovelace is often considered the first programmer. -
Period: to
1900's
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Birth of Alan Turing
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Turing Machine
A Turing Machine is a hypothetical device that simulates the logic of any computer algorithim. -
On Computable Numbers
Turing published his revolutionary paper "On Computable Numbers With An Application to the Entscheidungs Problem" -
Alan Turing joins Bletchley Park
Alan Turing joins Bletchley Park -
Bombe created
The BOmbe was a british decoding machine created by Alan Turing -
Beginning of World War II
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Bombe begins decoding
The first commercially produced bombe begins decoding. -
British obtain an Enigma
Capture of an Enigma machine and codebooks from a German U-boat. -
Colossus
Tommy Flowers & Alan Turing invented the first electronic computer called Colossus -
Turing advises US
Turing in Washigton DC advising on US Navy Bombes -
Harvard Mark I
The Harvard Mark I computer was completed. This computer was created by Howard Aiken. -
End of WWII
End of World Waar II -
Death of Alan Turing
Alan Turing committs suicide in his home in Wimslow, Cheshire. -
COBOL
Dr Grace Hooper finished creating the Common Business-Oriented Language, the first user-friendly business computer software program. -
Apple Founded
Apple is founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniack; beginning of personal computers. -
Period: to
200's
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Posthumous Pardon
Alan Turing is granted a Posthumous Pardon for his conviction of gross indecency. -
Machine passes Turing Test
Russian machine "Eugene" passes Turing Test, Eugene is the first computer to do so. -
Driverless Car
Google announced their latest model of their driverless car; application of AI
