Computers

Computer History

Period: Jan 1, 1950 to Mar 28, 2013

SWAC

Feb 1, 1950

The National Bureau of Standards completed its SWAC (Standards Western Automatic Computer) at the Institute for Numerical Analysis in Los Angeles.

First Computer Game

Dec 11, 1962

Steve Russell of MIT invents the first computer game. It was known as "Spacewar"

First RAM chip

May 18, 1970

Intel creates the first dynamic RAM chip.

The "Floppy" disk

Aug 15, 1971

Alan Shugart of IBM creates a form of magnetic storage via "Floppy" disk

GUI

Oct 23, 1983

Apple invents GUI(Graphic user interface)

Home computer

Apr 21, 1984

Apple releases the first affordable home computer with GUI

Java

May 1, 1995

Java is introduced

Google

Sep 7, 1998

Google is founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page

Xbox

Feb 19, 2001

Bill gates introduces the Xbox from microsoft

PC

Apr 8, 2002

Approximatly 1 billion personal computers have been sold