Computer Programming (Language and PC) NOTE: Dates January 1st means UNKNOWN DATE

By tjung

  • Jacquard Loom

    Joseph Marie Jacquard invented the "Jacquard Loon" which was an automated loon.

  • Herman Hollerith

    During the 1880s, Herman Hollerith invented the recording of data on a medium that could then be read by a machine.

  • ABC Developed

    Developed the first electronic digital computer, the Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) (Was made to solve linear equations)

  • ABC Tested

    ABC was tested.
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    Plankalkül

    An early high-level programming language to be designed for a computer was Plankalkül, developed for the German Z3 by Konrad Zuse between 1943 and 1945

  • ENIAC

    When ENIAC was used and released.

  • First Transistor

    Was the year the first transistor was released.

  • FORTRAN

    In 1957, the first of the major languages appeared in the form of FORTRAN.

  • COBOL

    1960- The Common Business-Oriented Language (COBOL) programming language is invented.

  • SpaceWar

    1962- Steve Russell creates "SpaceWar!" and releases it in February 1962. This game is considered the first game intended for computers.

  • BASIC

    1964- Thomas Kurtz and John Kemeny created BASIC, an easy-to-learn programming language, for their students at Dartmouth College

  • C

    C was developed in 1972 by Dennis Ritchie while working at Bell Labs in New Jersey.

  • C++

    C++ was released

  • First Virus

    1983- Fred Cohen designed a hidden program that infect a computer, copy, and infect other PCs through floppy disk. (First Virus)

  • Java

    1995- Java was released as core component of Sun Microsystem's Java platform

  • Windows PowerShell

    2006- Windows PowerShell initially released (Microsoft)

  • TypeScript

    2012- TypeScript made an appearance by Microsoft