History of computing

Abi Wiley: Computer Technology Timeline

  • Vacuum Tubes

    Vacuum Tubes

    The inventor of this invention is John Ambrose Fleming
  • 1st Electronic Digital Computer

    1st Electronic Digital Computer

    The inventor of this invention is John Vincent Atanasoff
  • 1st Programmable Computer

    1st Programmable Computer

    The inventor of this invention is Konrad Zuse
  • The Mouse

    The Mouse

    The inventors of this invention are Douglas Engelbart and René Sommer
  • Transistors

    Transistors

    The inventors of this invention are John Bardeen, William Shockley and Walter Brattain
  • 1st Automatic Computing Engine

    1st Automatic Computing Engine

    The inventor of this invention is Alan Turning
  • Artificial Intelligence

    Artificial Intelligence

    The inventor of this invention is John McCarthy
  • Integrated Circuits

    Integrated Circuits

    The inventors of this invention are Jack Kilby, Robert Noyce, and Masatoshi Shima
  • Microprocessor

    Microprocessor

    The inventors of this invention are Federico Faggin, Marcian (Ted) Hoff, Stanley Mazor, and Masatoshi Shima
  • The World Wide Web

    The World Wide Web

    The inventors of this invention are Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau
  • iPhone

    iPhone

    The inventor of this invention is Steve Jobs
  • Reflection

    Reflection

    In my opinion I feel the most important invention created was the 1st Programmable Computer because without it none of the other electronical inventions down the road would have been created until much later (if they would've even been invented at all).