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Computer + Related Technology Timeline

  • Morse Code

    Morse Code

    Samuel Morse invents a telegraph that can send short and long beeps, called “dots” and “dashes”
  • Coding

    Coding

    Coding was invented by Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage. The first computer programming language
  • IBM 701

    IBM 701

    IBM technology company is formed and made their first computer, the 701
  • 1964 Olympics broadcast

    1964 Olympics broadcast

    The first communications satellite is launched, allowing worldwide live broadcast of the 1964 Olympics
  • Spacewar

    Spacewar

    The first computer game was released, Spacewar. Developed at MIT by Stephen Russell in 1962.
  • 3D modeling

    3D modeling

    3D modeling was born. Ivan Sutherland, a computer scientist, developed the first 3D modeling program. He made a program named Sketchpad the first three-dimensional modeling app for the personal computer.
  • First email

    First email

    First email messages are sent
  • Internet

    Internet

    Robert Kahn and Vincent Cerf invented the Internet, funded by the US Defense Department
  • Mobile phone

    Mobile phone

    Marty Cooper (the Father of Cellphones) invents the mobile phone
  • Apple company

    Apple company

    Apple Company is founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne
  • World Wide Web

    World Wide Web

    Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web
  • Amazon

    Amazon

    Cadabra was made, and Cadabra was an online bookstore. It was a company that was founded by Jeff Bezos and this company then expanded into Amazon.
  • Google

    Google

    Google company is formed, dominating the Web
  • Facebook

    Facebook

    The release of Facebook. Developed by a Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg.
  • Youtube

    Youtube

    Youtube is created, dominating the video web field.