Personal computer

History of Computer

By Jason Y. Liu
  • 100

    Limitations

    Limitations
    The earliest year I could go to is 100 AD. My problem is that the analog calculators were invented Before Common Era, and don't even get me started with the Abacus'/Counting Board's approximate time of invention (which is in the BC Era).
  • Jan 1, 1206

    The First Programmble Computer Invented

    The First Programmble Computer Invented
    Arab engineer Al-Jazari invented what was considered the first programmable analog computer.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to

    The European Renaissance

  • First Mechanical Computer

    First Mechanical Computer
    French polymath Blaise Pascal invented the mechanical computer.
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • Sucessful Portable Computer

    Sucessful Portable Computer
    Philipp Matthaus Hahn made a successful portable calculator able to perform all four mathematical operations.

  • Electromagnetic Relay invented

    Electromagnetic Relay invented
    Joseph Henry invents the electromagnetic relay.

  • Binary Algebra Developed

    Binary Algebra Developed
    1848 British Mathematician George Boole developed binary algebra.
  • Period: to

    Second Industrial Revolution

  • The First Practical Logical Machine Built

    The First Practical Logical Machine Built
    The first practical logical machine was built by William Stanley Jevons.

  • First Printing Desk Calculator

    First Printing Desk Calculator
    Dorr Felt invents the first printing desk calculator.

  • Logic Gate Made

    Logic Gate Made
    Walther Bothe built an AND logic gate for use in physics experiments.

  • Z1 Completed

    Z1 Completed
    Konrad Zuse completed the ‘Z1’, the first mechanical binary programmable computer.

  • S1 Created

    S1 Created
    Konrad Zuse made S1, the first working programmable, fully digital computer, used by Henschel to measure aircraft wing lengths.

  • The Colossus Mk I (One) Created

    The Colossus Mk I (One) Created
    The Colossus, the world’s first programmable electronic digital computer was designed and used in the famous Bletchley Park.

  • First Computer To Use RAM

    First Computer To Use RAM
    SSEM Small-Scale Experimental Machine aka ‘Baby’ first computer to store its data and program in RAM as modern computers do now.

  • Birthday Of Modern Computering

    Birthday Of Modern Computering
    This is considered the birthday of modern computing. Maurice Wilkes and a team at Cambridge University executed the first stored program on the EDSAC computer.

  • First Real-Time Computer Built

    First Real-Time Computer Built
    The first real-time computer, the Whirlwind was built at MIT for the United States Air Force.

  • Computer Mouse Created

    Computer Mouse Created
    The Mouse was created by Douglas Englbart.

  • Floppy Disk Invented

    Floppy Disk Invented
    The Floppy Disk is invented.
  • Period: to

    Informational Age

  • First International Connection to ARPA Enstablished

    First International Connection to ARPA Enstablished
    The First International connection to ARPANET (the Forerunner to the Internet) are established.

  • Compact Disk (CD) Invented

    Compact Disk (CD) Invented

  • MIDI Published

    MIDI Published
    MIDI, Musical Instrument Digital Interface is published by International MIDI Association. The MIDI allows computers to connect to instruments.

  • First .com Dormain

    First .com Dormain
    Symbolics registered the symbolics.com domain, the first .com domain in the world.

  • First Optical Chip Developed

    First Optical Chip Developed
    First optical chip developed, it uses light instead of electricity to increase processing speed.

  • World Wide Web Invented

    World Wide Web Invented
    World Wide Web, invented by Tim Berners-Lee who wanted to use hypertext to make documents and information seamlessly accessible over different kinds of computers and systems, and wherever they might be in the world.

  • MP3 Fromate Published

    MP3 Fromate Published
    MP3 file formate published, this sound format became the most common standard for music on PCs and later Digital Audio Players.

  • Hotmail Launched

    Hotmail Launched
    Hotmail, one of the most popular web-based email services was founded and is still used as of today.

  • US Goverment Relaxes Export Crytography Restriction

    The US Government announced restrictions on exporting cryptography are relaxed (but not removed). This allows US companies to stop the long running process of having to create US and International copies of their software.

  • First e-book With A Electronic Paper Display

    First e-book With A Electronic Paper Display
    Sony release Librie EBR-1000EP in Japan, the first e-book reader with an electronic paper display.

  • First Computer Virus In Space

    First Computer Virus In Space
    The W32.Gammima.AG worm snuck itself onto the International Space Station, and thus becoming the first computer virus to travel into Space (not CyberSpace).

  • First 4 TeraByte Hard Drive Released.

    The First 4 TeraByte(TB) Hard Drive is released by Seagate.

  • First 8 TeraByte Hard Dirve released

    Seagate release the First 8 TeraByte(TB) hard Drive.