history of computer

charles babbage

Mar 31, 1837

Designed the Analytical Engine and built a prototype for a less powerful mechanical calculator.

Konrad Zuse

Apr 12, 1936

First freely programmable computer.

alan turing

Aug 3, 1936

set out the idea of results on the limits of proof and computation

John Atanasoff & Clifford Berry

Nov 11, 1942

Who was first in the computing biz is not always as easy as ABC.

tommy flowers

Nov 20, 1943

Designed and built the Mark 1 and the ten improved Mark 2 Colossus computers, the world’s first programmable, digital, electronic, computing devices.

howard aiken

Apr 6, 1944

create The Harvard Mark 1 computer.

John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly

Jun 13, 1946

Baby and the Williams Tube turn on the memories.

Frederic Williams & Tom Kilburn

Dec 4, 1948

Baby and the Williams Tube turn on the memories.

International Business Machines

Sep 15, 1953

IBM enters into 'The History of Computers'.

John Backus & IBM

Nov 5, 1954

The first successful high level programming language.

Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce

Aug 10, 1958

Otherwise known as 'The Chip'

Steve Russell & MIT

Apr 15, 1962

The first computer game invented.

Douglas Engelbart

Feb 28, 1964

Nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end.

Faggin, Hoff & Mazor

Jun 22, 1971

The first microprocessor

Dan Bricklin & Bob Frankston

Jan 25, 1978

Any product that pays for itself in two weeks is a surefire winner.

Microsoft

May 15, 1981

From "Quick And Dirty" comes the operating system of the century.

Apple Macintosh Computer

Mar 10, 1984

The more affordable home computer with a GUI

Microsoft Windows

May 19, 1985

Microsoft begins the friendly war with Apple.