Harware History Timeline

  • Antanasoff-Berry-Computer

    The Antanasoff-Berry-Computer (ABC) was invented when and by whom? It was made in 1937 by John Vincent Atanasoff.
  • First Generation Computers

    The first generation of computers were made in 1940-1956. The significant invention allowed computers to work for the first generation were vacuum tubes
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  • Digital camera

  • Game consoles

  • Second Generation of computers

    The second generation of computers were made in 1956-1963. The significant invention that allowed computers to work for the first generation were transistors.
  • Personal computer

    Charles Babbage invented the concept of a programmable computer in about 1856.
  • DEC PDP-8 (Digital Equipment Corporation)

  • Third Generation of computers

    The third generation of computers were made in 1964-1971. The significant invention that allowed computers to work for the third generation were integrated circuits.
  • E-books

    E-books were invented by Michael Hart on July 4, 1971
  • Fourth Generation of Computers

    This was invented to 1971-present. The significant invention that allowed computers to work for the first generation were microprocessors.
  • Microcomputer

  • Apple computers

    Apple computer was invented on April Fool's Day, 1976. Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs released the Apple I computer and started Apple Computers.
  • Minicomputer

  • IBM PC (International Business Machines personal computer)

  • Laptop

    Released in 1981 by the Osborne Computer Corporation.
  • Nintendo

  • Web cam

    computer scientists at Cambridge University in 1991
  • Smartphones

    IBM invented the smartphone.
  • Kodak DCS (Digital Camera System 100)

  • Fifth Generation

    The fifth gen. was made in the present and beyond. The thing that allows the computers to work is artifical intellegence.