Computer

computing history

By Danistar12

  • side rule

    invented by William Oughtred

  • calculating machine,

    invented by Wilhelm Schickard

  • logarithms

    invented by john napier

  • ‘computer’.

    Sir Thomas Browne coined the phrase ‘computer’.

  • Pascal's calculator

    Pascal's calculator or the Pascaline constructed

  • mechanical calculator

    Samuel Morland builds a mechanical calculator that will add and subtract

  • Binary System

    Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz invents the Binary System

  • Analytical Engine

    Charles Babbage published a paper describing a mechanical computer that is now known as the Analytical Engine

  • QWERTY

    QWERTY keyboard invented

  • printing calculator

    Scheutz invents the first printing calculator

  • Zuse Z1

    Zuse Z1 built by Konrad Zuse

  • Zuse Z3

    Zuse Z3 machine completed

  • little things

    4th February Bill Gates returns to Microsoft as Technology Adviser
    20th February Facebook buys WhatsApp
    25th March Nvidia at GPU Technology Conference
    25th March Facebook buys Oculus
    18th June Bletchley park officially opens to the public
    25th June Android watches go up for preorder
    25th August Amazon buys Twitch for £585m