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Aug 12, 724
Liang Ling-Can
Liang Ling-Can invents the first fully mechanical clock -
Period: Aug 12, 724 to
Computer History
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Aug 13, 1492
Leonardo Da Vinci
Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci depict inventions such as flying machines, including a helicopter, the first mechanical calculator and one of the first programmable robots -
John Napier
John Napier invents a system of moveable rods (Napier's Rods) based on logarithms which was able to multiply, divide and calculate square and cube roots -
William Oughtred
William Oughtred develops slide rules -
Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal invents the the "Pascaline", a mechanical adding machine -
Gottfried Leibniz
Gottfried Leibniz is known as one of the founding fathers of calculus -
Joseph-Maire Jacquard
Joseph-Marie Jacquard invents an automatic loom controlled by punched cards -
Charles Xavire Thomas de Colmar
The Arithmometer was the first mass-produced calculator invented by Charles Xavier Thomas de Colmar -
Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage designs his first mechanical computer -
Charles Babbage II
The Analytical Engine was invented by Charles Babbage -
Samuel Morse
Samuel Morse invents Morse code -
George Boole
Boolean algebra is invented by George Boole -
Georg Scheutz & Edward Scheutz
Per Georg Scheutz and his son Edvard invent the Tabulating Machine -
William Stanley Jevons
William Stanley Jevons designs a practical logic machine -
Ramon Verea
Ramon Verea invents a fast calculator with an internal multiplication table -
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone called the Photophone -
Dorr E. Felt
The Comptometer is an invention of Dorr E. Felt which is operated by pressing keys -
Herman Hollerith
Herman Hollerith invents a counting machine which increment mechanical counters -
Guglielmo Marconi
Radio signals were invented by Guglielmo Marconi -
Herman Hollerith II
Herman Hollerith forms the Tabulating Machine Company which later becomes IBM -
Nikola Tesla
Remote control was invented by Nikola Tesla -
Lee Da Forest
Lee De Forest invents the electronic tube -
IBM
IBM is formed on June 15, 1911 -
Philo Farnsworth
Television Electronic was invented by Philo Farnsworth -
John Logie Baird
Electro Mechanical television system was invented by John Logie Baird -
Walther Bothe
Walther Bothe develops the logic gate -
Vannevar Bush
Vannevar Bush develops a partly electronic Difference Engine -
Kurt Godel
Kurt Godel publishes a paper on the use of a universal formal language -
Alan Turing
Alan Turing develops the concept of a theoretical computing machine -
Konrad Zuse
Konrad Zuse creates the Z1 Computer a binary digital computer using punch tape -
George Stibitz
George Stibitz develops the Complex Number Calculator - a foundation for digital computers -
Willian Hewlett & David Packard
William Hewlett and David Packard start Hewlett Packard -
John Vincent Atanasoff & Clifford Berry
John Vincent Atanasoff and Clifford Berry develop the ABC (Atanasoft-Berry Computer) prototype -
(OMG!!!!!) Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler uses the Enigma encryption machine -
Alan Turing II
Alan Turing develops the the code-breaking machine Colossus -
Howard Aiken & Grace Hopper
Howard Aiken and Grace Hopper designed the MARK series of computers at Harvard University -
John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly:
John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly develop the ENIAC ( Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) -
Grace Hopper
The term computer ‘bug’ as computer bug was first used by Grace Hopper -
F.C. Williams
F.C. Williams develops his cathode-ray tube (CRT) storing device the forerunner to random-access memory (RAM) -
Donald Watts Davies & Alan Turing
Donald Watts Davies joins Alan Turing to build the fastest digital computer in England at the time, the Pilot ACE -
William Shockley
William Shockley invents the transistor at Bell Labs -
Douglas Engelbart
Douglas Engelbart theorises on interactive computing with keyboard and screen display instead of on punchcards -
Andrew Donald Booth
Andrew Donald Booth invents magnetic drum memory -
Frederic Calland Willians & Tom Kilbum
Frederic Calland Williams & Tom Kilburn develop the SSEM "Small Scale Experimental Machine" digital CRT storage which was soon nicknamed the "Baby" -
Claude Shannon
Claude Shannon builds the first machine that plays chess -
Howard Aiken
Howard Aiken develops the Harvard-MARK III -
Hideo Yamachito
The first electronic computer is created in Japan by Hideo Yamachito. -
Alan Turing III
Alan Turing publishes his paper Computing Machinery and Intelligence which helps create the Turing Test. -
T. Raymond Thompson & John Simmons
T. Raymond Thompson and John Simmons develop the first business computer, the Lyons Electronic Office (LEO) at Lyons Co. -
John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly
UNIVAC I (UNIVersal Automatic Computer I) was introduced - the first commercial computer made in the United States and designed principally by John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly -
EDVAC
The EDVAC (Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer) begins performing basic tasks. Unlike the ENIAC, it was binary rather than decimal -
IBM
The IBM 701 becomes available and a total of 19 are sold to the scientific community. -
John Backus & IBM
John Backus & IBM develop the FORTRAN Computer Programming Language -
Bell Labs II
Bell Labs introduces its first transistor computer. -
Basil Hirschowitz, C. Wilbur Peters, & Lawrence E. Curtiss
Optical fiber was invented by Basil Hirschowitz, C. Wilbur Peters, and Lawrence E. Curtiss -
Sputnik
Sputnik I and Sputnik II: Sputnik I and Sputnik II are launched by the Russians -
NASA
(Advanced Research Projects Agency) and NASA is formed -
Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce
The first integrated circuit, or silicon chip, is produced by the US Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce -
Paul Baran
Paul Baran theorises on the "survivability of communication systems under nuclear attack", digital technology and symbiosis between humans and machines -
COBOL
The Common Business-Oriented Language (COBOL) programming language is invented. -
General Motors
General Motors puts the first industrial robot, Unimate, to work in a New Jersey factory. -
Steve Russell & MIT
The first computer game Spacewar Computer Game invented BY Steve Russell & MIT -
Douglas Engelbart II
Douglas Engelbart invents and patents the first computer mouse (nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end) -
American Standard Code for Information
The American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) is developed to standardize data exchange among computers. -
IBM III
IBM introduces the first word processor -
John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz
John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz develop Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Language (BASIC) -
Andries van Dam & Ted Nelson
Andries van Dam and Ted Nelson coin the term "hypertext" -
IBM IV
IBM creates the first floppy disk -
Seymour Cray
Seymour Cray develops the CDC 7600, the first supercomputer -
Gary Starkweather
Gary Starkweather invents the laser printer whilst working with Xerox -
ARPANET
The U.S. Department of Defense sets up the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET ) this network was the first building blocks to what the internet is today but originally with the intention of creating a computer network that could withstand any type of disaster. -
Intel
Intel introduces the world's first available dynamic RAM ( random-access memory) chip and the first microprocessor, the Intel 4004. -
Ray Tomlinson
E-mail was invented by Ray Tomlinson -
James Fergason
Liquid Crystal Display ( LCD ) was invented by James Fergason -
SHARP
Pocket calculator was invented by Sharp Corporation -
David Noble
Floppy Disk was invented by David Noble with IBM - Nicknamed the "Floppy" for its flexibility. -
PONG !!
Atari releases Pong, the first commercial video game -
Compact Disc
The compact disc is invented in the United States. -
Robert Metcalfe
Robert Metcalfe creates the Ethernet, a local-area network (LAN) protocol -
Vint Cerf & Bob Kahn
Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn develop gateway routing computers to negotiate between the various national networks -
Xerox Alto
The minicomputer Xerox Alto (1973) was a landmark step in the development of personal computers -
SQL
IBM develops SEQUEL (Structured English Query Language ) now known as SQL -
Charles Simonyi
Charles Simonyi coins the term WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) to describe the ability of being able to display a file or document exactly how it is going to be printed or viewed -
Laptop
Altair produces the first portable computer -
Microsoft
The Microsoft Corporation was founded April 4, 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800 -
Steve Wozniak & Steve Jobs
Apple Computers was founded Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs -
Apple II
Apple Computer’s Apple II, the first personal computer with color graphics, is demonstrated -
Ward Christensen
Ward Christensen writes the programme "MODEM" allowing two microcomputers to exchange files with each other over a phone line -
Magnetic Tape
The first magnetic tape is developed in the US -
Holy Jeebus Christmas
Over half a million computers are in use in the United States. -
Paul Allen &Bill Gates
IBM hires Paul Allen and Bill Gates to create an operating system for a new PC. They buy the rights to a simple operating system manufactured by Seattle Computer Products and use it as a template to develop DOS. -
MS-DOS
MS-DOS Computer Operating System increases its success -
WordPerfect
WordPerfect Corporation introduces WordPerfect 1.0 a word processing program -
The Commodore 64
The Commodore 64 becomes the best-selling computer of all time. -
SMTP
SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is introduced -
HOLY MACORONIZ
More than 10 million computers are in use in the United States -
DNS
Domain Name System (DNS) pioneered by Jon Postel, Paul Mockapetris and Craig Partridge. Seven 'top-level' domain names are initially introduced: edu, com, gov, mil, net, org and int.
