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Evolution of the computer

By aidan2
  • Principle of the modern computer proposed

    Principle of the modern computer proposed

    Alan Turing proposes the principle of the modern computer in his paper On Computable Numbers.
  • Electromechanical analog computer of convenient size

    Electromechanical analog computer of convenient size

    The US Navy creates an electromechanical analog computer small enough to use on a submarine. It used trigonometry to get over he problem of firing torpedo's at moving targets.
  • Creation of Z3

    Creation of Z3

    Konrad Zuse comes up with the world’s first programmable, fully automatic digital computer
  • The creation of the ENIAC

    The creation of the ENIAC

    The ENIAC was the first programmable, electronic, general-purpose digital computer.
  • First working transistor is built

    First working transistor is built

    A point-contact transistor was invented in 1947 by American physicists John Bardeen and Walter Brattain while working under William Shockley at Bell Labs. They later received Nobel Prizes.
  • The first working transistor is built

    The first working transistor is built

    The first transistor was invented in 1947 by American physicists John Bardeen and Walter Brattain while working under William Shockley at Bell Labs. They later received a Nobel Prize.
  • First store-programmed copmuter runs its first program

    First store-programmed copmuter runs its first program

    The Manchester Baby was the first electronic stored-program computer. It was built by Frederic C. Williams, Tom Kilburn, and Geoff Tootill, and ran its first program in 1948.
  • Z4 is built

    Z4 is built

    Konrad Zuse's next computer, the Z4 is the world's first commercial digital computer.
  • First public description of an integrated circuit

    First public description of an integrated circuit

    In Washington D.C on May 7, 1952, the concept of an integrated circuit is first explained to the public.
  • First transistorised computer is built

    First transistorised computer is built

    On November 16 1952 the first transistorised computer was built by Richard Grimsdale and Douglas Webb.
  • The metal–oxide–silicon field-effect transistor (MOSFET) is built

    The metal–oxide–silicon field-effect transistor (MOSFET) is built

    Mohamed Atalla and Dawon Kahng invent the MOSFET, the building block of modern computers and the most manufactured device in history at Bell Labs in 1959
  • First commercially produced microprocessor

    First commercially produced microprocessor

    Intel 4004 is the first commercially produced microprocessor is made in 1971
  • Home computers enter the market

    Home computers enter the market

    Home computers entered the market in 1977 but did not become commonplace until the 1980's.
  • The internet is invented

    The internet is invented

    On the first of January 1983 the internet, an international system of computer networks that communicate with each other is invented.
  • World Wide Web invented

    World Wide Web invented

    Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, invents the World Wide Web in 1989. The first web browser the following year. And the first web page a year later.
  • Use of the internet starts becoming mainstream

    Use of the internet starts becoming mainstream

    Internet use started becoming mainstream in the west in the 1990's.
  • More than half the world's population is using the internet for the first time

    More than half the world's population is using the internet for the first time

    In 2019 51.4% of the world's population was using the internet. Who knows what exciting things might happen with computers in the future?