Computer History

By Stoeber63

  • Konrad Zuse

    Created first freely programable computer.

  • Howard Aiken & Grace Hopper

    Created the Harvard Mark 1 computer.

  • John Bardeen, Walter Brattain & Wiliam Shockley

    Created the first Transistor

  • International Buisness Machines

    IBM entered into the "The History of Computers"

  • Stanford Research Institute, Bank of America, and General Electric

    First banking industry computer- also MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recongnition) able to read checks

  • Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce

    Created the Integrated Circuit

  • Steve Russell & MIT

    Created the first computer game

  • Douglas Engelbart

    Created the Computer Mouse and Windows

  • The Internet

    The Internet was Created

  • Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair & IBM 5100 Computers

    First Consumer Computers

  • Dan Bricklin & Bob Frankston

    Created VisiCalc Spreadsheet Software

  • Seymour Rubenstein & Rob Barnaby

    Created WordStar Software, The first word processors

  • Microsoft

    Created MS-DOS Computer Operating System

  • Apple Lisa Computer

    First home computer with GUI (Graphical User Interface)

  • Microsoft Windows

    Begins friendly battle with Apple