Computer History Timeline

By TeddyMason

  • Automatic Dishwasher invented

    Automatic Dishwasher invented
    The invention, though practical, also required manual labor .One article said the soapy water was forced on the dishes by hand pumping.

  • First use of nuclear power to create electricity for a house in Idaho

    First use of nuclear power to create electricity for a house in Idaho
    Lonising radiation was discovered by passing an electric current through an evacuated glass tube and producing continuous X-rays.

  • First PC is invented

    First PC is invented
    Steve Wozniak designed the first computer known as the Apple I computer.

  • First microwaves are sold

    First microwaves are sold
    The specific heating effect of a beam of high-power microwaves was discovered accidentally in 1967, shortly after high-powered microwave radar transmitters were developed.

  • First Video Game Console

    First Video Game Console
    The first generation of video game consoles lasted from 1972 with the release of the Magnavox Odyssey until 1977

  • First ever computer interface invented

    First ever computer interface invented
    The history of the graphical user interface understood as the use of graphic icons and a pointing device to control a computer

  • CD-ROM is invented

    CD-ROM is invented
    The Compact Disc or CD for short is an optical disc used to store digital data.

  • Cellular Phones are invented

    Cellular Phones are invented
    Modern cellular networks allow automatic and use of mobile phones for voice and data communications.

  • World Wide Web first introduced

    World Wide Web first introduced
    The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet.

  • First CD invented

    First CD invented
    Compact Disk invented by Phillips