Computer History Timeline

By Caroline321
  • First ever programmable Computer

    First ever programmable Computer

    Invented by Korand Zuse in Germany. It's considered to be the first electro-mechanical binary programmable computer
  • Period: to

    Span of Computers

  • First successful HIGH level programmable language

    John Backus and IBM
  • The first bank industry computer for reading checks

    The first bank industry computer for reading checks

    Called MICR (magnetic ink character recognition)
  • First Computer game invented

    First Computer game invented

    Spacewar computer game
  • The "Floppy" disk was invented

    The "Floppy" disk was invented

    Made by Alan Shugart and IBM

  • First consumer computers

  • First home computer with a GUI

    First home computer with a GUI

    (Graphical user interface) Apple Lisa Computer
  • Macintosh 9500

    Macintosh 9500

  • Apple invented iBook

    Apple invented iBook

    Laptop
  • iMac G4

    iMac G4