Computer History Timeline

  • IMB

    IMB
    IMB introduces the first electric typewriters to the world.
  • Zuse introduces Z1

    Zuse introduces Z1
    Z1, The first calculating machine to use the binary system. It is used to solve engineering equations.
  • The Whirlwind computer

    The Whirlwind computer
    The first real-time computer, the Whirlwind computer, is developed at MIT by Jay Forrester and his team.
  • Beginning of Second Generation

    Beginning of the second generation of computers, which use transistors rather than tubes.
  • IBM unveils the 7030 computer

    IBM unveils the 7030 computer
    The 7030 computer is unveiled, which is 30 times faster than its predecessor, the 704. The race for speed and power is on.
  • the Intel 4004 processor

    the Intel 4004 processor
    The first mass-produced microprocessor, developed by Ted Hoff, is unveiled. It can process four bits of data at a rate 60,000 instructions per second and has its own arithmetic logic unit
  • Word for Windows

    Word for Windows
    Word is first introduced to windows by microsoft.
  • The Internet, World Wide Web & Tim Berners-Lee

    The Internet, World Wide Web & Tim Berners-Lee
    Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau propose a 'hypertext' system starting the modern Internet.
  • The World Wide Web

    The World Wide Web
    The World Wide Web is launched to the public
  • Google

    Google
    Google is founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page