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History of Computers

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    History of Computers

    [Computer History Timeline from the Computer History Museum](<a href='a href='http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/)' >Timeline of computer history from the Computer History Museum</a> ' >Computer History Timeline from the Computer History Museum</a><
  • Z1

    Z1

    Computer History TimelineThe Z1 was the first freely programmable computer in the world which used Boolean logic and binary floating point numbers.
  • ABC Computer

    ABC Computer

    The Atanasoff–Berry Computer (ABC) was the first electronic digital computing device.
  • Harvard Mark 1

    Harvard Mark 1

    The IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (ASCC), called the Mark I by Harvard University, was an electro-mechanical computer history timeline.
  • ENIAC 1 Computer

    ENIAC 1 Computer

    Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer)[was the first general-purpose electronic computer.
  • Manchester Baby Computer & The Williams Tube

    Manchester Baby Computer & The Williams Tube

    The Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine (SSEM), nicknamed Baby, was the world's first stored-program computer.
  • UNIVAC Computer

    UNIVAC Computer

    The UNIVAC I (UNIVersal Automatic Computer I) was the first commercial computer produced in the United States.
  • IBM 701 EDPM Computer

    IBM 701 EDPM Computer

    IBM enters into 'The History of Computers'
  • FORTRAN Computer Programming Language

    FORTRAN Computer Programming Language

    FORTRAN is considered to be the first widely used programming language supported across a variety of computer architectures..
  • The Integrated Circuit

    The Integrated Circuit

    An integrated circuit or monolithic integrated circuit (also referred to as IC, chip, and microchip) is an electronic circuit manufactured by the patterned diffusion of trace elements.
  • Spacewar Computer Game

    Spacewar Computer Game

    Between 1959 and 1961, a collection of interactive graphical programs had been created on the TX-0 experimental computer at MIT.
  • Computer Mouse & Windows

    Computer Mouse & Windows

    Douglas Engelbart changed the way computers worked, from specialized machinery that only a trained scientist could use, to a user-friendly tool that almost anyone can use.
  • Intel 1103 Computer Memory

    Intel 1103 Computer Memory

    In 1970, the newly formed Intel company publicly released the 1103, the first DRAM (Dynamic Random AccessMemory) chip.
  • The "Floppy" Disk

    The "Floppy" Disk

    A floppy disk is a data storage medium that is composed of a disk of thin, flexible ("floppy") magnetic storage medium sealed in a square or rectangular.
  • The Ethernet Computer Networking

    The Ethernet Computer Networking

    Ethernet is a physical and data link layer technology for local area networks (LANs). Ethernet was invented by engineer Robert Metcalfe.
  • Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair & IBM 5100 Computers

    Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair & IBM 5100 Computers

    The First Hobby and Home Computers: Scelbi, Mark-8, Altair, IBM 5100.
  • Apple I, II & TRS-80 & Commodore Pet Computers

    Apple I, II & TRS-80 & Commodore Pet Computers

    History of Apple VideoThe personal computer became established as a consumer appliance rather than a hobbyist.
  • VisiCalc Spreadsheet Software

    VisiCalc Spreadsheet Software

    VisiCalc was the first spreadsheet program available for personal computers.
  • WordStar Software

    WordStar Software

    WordStar was a text-based word processing program, meaning that it worked with files that were essentially text, with markup language-like formatting.
  • The IBM PC - Home Computer

    The IBM PC - Home Computer

    The IBM Personal Computer, commonly known as the IBM PC, is the original version.
  • MS-DOS Computer Operating System

    MS-DOS Computer Operating System

    The "Microsoft Disk Operating System" or MS-DOS was based on QDOS, the "Quick and Dirty Operating System"
  • Apple Lisa Computer

    Apple Lisa Computer

    The Apple Lisa was an amazing advancement in a user-friendly computer system, but Apple didn't invent the idea of the GUI.
  • Apple Macintosh Computer

    Apple Macintosh Computer

    Apple has positioned the Mac as a higher-end personal computer.
  • Microsoft Windows

    Microsoft Windows

    Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.
  • "Hypertext" system

    "Hypertext" system

    In 1990 Tim Berners-Lee, working with Robert Cailliau at CERN propose a 'hypertext' system, which is the first start of the Internet as we know it today.
  • Linux

    Linux

    Linux is introduced by Linus Torvalds in August 25, 1991
  • IBM THinkPad

    IBM THinkPad

    IBM PCD introduces the IBM ThinkPad 775CD, the first notebook with an integrated CD-ROM.
  • IBM Butterfly Keyboard

    IBM Butterfly Keyboard

    IBM introduces the butterfly keyboard
  • iMac

    iMac

    Apple introduces the iMac, the iMac helps bring Apple back on the computer maps as a very easy and friendly computer.
  • Apple iPad

    Apple iPad

    Apple introduces the iPad on January 27, 2010.