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David Packard and Bill Hewlett started the company in their garage in California. Their first product was the HP 200A Audio Oscillator, which becomes a popular piece of test equipment for engineers. http://www.computerhope.com/history/196080.htm
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC Eniac was the first computer invented. Electronic Numerial Integrator and Computer. Invented for military purposes.
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Earliest known interactive computer game. Used ray tube technology. Pioneered modern day video games. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathode_ray_tube_amusement_device
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Lyons Electronic Office is completed by T. Raymond Thompson, John Simmons and their team at Lyons Co. Used by businesses for accounting and other business needs http://www.computerhope.com/history/196080.htm
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System later develops to the Pick Database Management System. It is used today on Unix and Windows systems. http://www.computerhope.com/history/196080.htm
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It includes over 60 commands like: b (compile B program); boot (reboot system); cat (concatenate files); chdir (change working directory); chmod (change access mode); chown (change owner); cp (copy file); ls (list directory contents); mv (move or rename file); roff (run off text); wc (get word count); who (who is one the system). The main thing missing was pipes. http://www.computerhope.com/history/196080.htm
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Pearl is a computer programming language. Pearl stands for Process and Experiment Automation Realtime Language. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEARL_(programming_language)
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Family of computer networking technologies for local area networks. Ethernet was commercially introduced in 1980 and standardized in 1985 as IEEE 802.3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet
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Advanced Research Projects Agency Network experiences its first major net work crash. This caused it to go down for four hours http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET
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The Mac or Macintosh is a series of personal computers (PCs) designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. Mac was first commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a graphical user interface rather than a command-line interface. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_mac
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The World, the first commercial Internet dial-up access provider comes online. Run out of Brookline Massachusetts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_(Internet_service_provider)
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The Year 2000 problem (also known as the Y2K problem, the Millennium bug, the Y2K bug, or simply Y2K) was a problem for both digita and non-digital documentation. Many people believed that the bug would cause the end of the world and that computers would all blow up. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2000_problem
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The worm spread itself using a common type of vulnerability known as a buffer overflow. It did this by using a long string of the repeated character 'N' to overflow a buffer, allowing the worm to execute arbitrary code and infect the machine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_Red_worm
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First generation of iPhone designed and marketed by Apple Inc. Most popular brand of smartphone used among americans. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_(original)
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Minecraft is one of the most popular online games currently played. The game has been released in stages and on multiple platforms. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minecraft
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The iPad 2 is the second generation iPad, a tablet computer designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc. Used in Burlington High School among students and teachers.
