Computer_History

By rjohansen17
  • Z1 Computer

    Z1 Computer

    Made by Konrad Zuse The Z1 was the first freely programmable computer.
  • The Transistor

    The Transistor

    Made by John Bardeen, Walter Brattain and William Shockley. Not a computer, but greatly affected the development of computers.
  • IBM 701 EDPM Computer

    IBM 701 EDPM Computer

    International Business Machines enters the computer race.
  • FORTRAN Programming Language

    FORTRAN Programming Language

    The first successful, high-level programming language, FORTRAN, is created by John Backus and IBM. This lead to more powerful programs being written for computers.
  • Spacewar Computer Game

    Spacewar Computer Game

    Made by Steve Russell and MIT The first computer game invented.
  • UNIX

    UNIX

    Developed at AT&T Bell Labs by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and others. One of the first powerful operating systems. Later went on to be used in some of the first consumer computers.
  • The Floppy Disk

    The Floppy Disk

    Made by Alan Shugart and IBM. The first form of magnetic storage for computers.
  • C Programming Language

    C Programming Language

    Developed by Dennis Ritchie at AT&T Bell Labs. A very powerful programming language that set the standards for programming languages to come, and many languages borrow from it.
  • MS-DOS

    MS-DOS

    Made by Microsoft. The main operating system to remain for the rest of the century, was used lots and elements still remain to this day.
  • Apple Macintosh

    Apple Macintosh

    Made by Apple. A consumer computer at an affordable price with a GUI.