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