Computer History

the first computer ever invented

Jan 1, 1613

The first mechanical computer created by Charles Babbage. It is considered to be the first electro-mechanical binary programmable computer and really the first functional computer.

First mechanical computer (engine concept)

Jan 1, 1822

The first automatic computing engine that was capable of computing several sets of numbers and making hard copies of the results.

First bug in history

Jan 1, 1860

The term 'bug" came from a very olden age story. A large computer had techecnical problems and found a real bug in one of the wires, once they pulled it out the problem was solved. So thats why we call most technical problems "bugs"

First projector

Jan 1, 1894

Americans Thomas Edison and W K L Dickson introduced the first projector. They used a candle or oil lamp to project hand-painted images onto a white screen. Next year two french brother used the projector screening Sortie des Usines Lumière à Lyon. The first public movie, it was 46 seconds in duration.

First TV

Mar 25, 1925

The first Computer made was bu John Logie Baird. John developped them to use electromechanical methods to scan, transmit, and reproduce an image. After putting billions of pictures together, they would become a movie/video

First email sent

Jan 1, 1971

The first email was sent by Ray Tomlinson to himself in 1971. HE made his own chat on World Wide Web, not using any other programmes. After then people used the sign "@" for email websites.

First Game Console

Jan 1, 1972

Magnavox Odyssey, released in 1972, was the first video game console.

Microsoft

Apr 4, 1975

Microsoft is founded by Bill Gates in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. Microsoft develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, personal computers and services.

Apple

Apr 1, 1976

Apple was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne to develop and sell personal computers. It was incorporated as Apple Computer, Inc. on January 3, 1977. It was renamed as Apple Inc. on January 9, 2007, to reflect its shifted focus towards consumer electronics.

First cpmputer virus

Jan 1, 1986

The first computer virus was made by two brothers Basit Farooq Alvi and Amjad Farooq Alvi, from Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. The virus was called "Brain". "Brain" affects computers by replacing the boot sector of a floppy disk with a copy of the virus.

Google

Sep 4, 1988

Google is the best search engine ever founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Together they have run the company for years and in 2008 they made a browser called Google Chrome.

Microchip

Jan 1, 1989

The microchip was made by the company Microchip founded by Steve Stanghi. Microchips are small pieces of chips that programme the electronilcal devices. The microships send signals to the green plate and control the computer

World Wide Web

Mar 12, 1989

Tim Berners-Lee, a British computer scientist and a CERN employee is the inventor of the Web.The World Wide Web (WWW) is a the mechanical browser that most people use which is called the internet.

Youtube

Jan 1, 2005

Bing

Jun 1, 2009

Bing is a search engine made by Microsoft. Bing is one of Google's biggest competitors but Bing is nowhere near being better than Google. Bing is one of Microsoft’s largest failures and no one uses it anymore