History of Computers

F.C. Williams: F.C. Williams develops his cathode-ray tube

Mar 15, 1946

(CRT) storing device the forerunner to random-access memory (RAM)
I think this important because RAM has a huge part in today's technology, and how it helps run our programs.

Pilot ACE: Donald Watts Davies joins Alan Turing to build the fastest digital computer in England at the time, the Pilot ACE

Mar 15, 1947

This is a very important even in technology time line because it is the first fastest digital computer that has been accounted for in that time.

Hideo Yamachito: The first electronic computer is created in Japan by Hideo Yamachito.

Mar 15, 1950

This event is very important because it is showing how technology is starting to bloom around the worls, with new and better pieces of technology being invented every day.

UNIVAC: UNIVAC I (UNIVersal Automatic Computer I) was introduced - the first commercial computer made in the United States and designed principally by John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly

Mar 15, 1951

This is the first computer to be invented in the United States that was made and could be sold for money that anyone can use. This is important because it is the begining of a new tred that will soon be a huge part of the future.

The first computer game: The first computer game Spacewar Computer Game invented BY Steve Russell & MIT

Mar 20, 1962

This is a huge step in history for technology, this is the first video game created. This is the begining for a new gaming world that we will live in.

The Computer Mouse: Douglas Engelbart invents and patents the first computer mouse (nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end)

Mar 20, 1963

I think that this is important because we still use the term "mouse" to this day. We may not know the history of technology veru well, but we all know what the mouse is and why its has its name because of the cord sticking out the back.

E-mail: E-mail was invented by Ray Tomlinson

Mar 20, 1971

Now that we have created the computer, we are starting to create things to our benifeits. We still use email today and it is a fast way for communication.

Liquid Crystal Display ( LCD ): Liquid Crystal Display ( LCD ) was invented by James Fergason

Mar 20, 1971

It makes a monitor thin and light enought to be portable, maybe even brighter which makes the pictures better! We wouldnt be able to have laptos without this have been made.

WordPerfect: WordPerfect Corporation introduces WordPerfect 1.0 a word processing program

Mar 20, 1982

We are starting to create more and more programs that we can use on the computer to our benifeits. It is making things more faster, easier, and even more accurate.

Cyberspace: William Gibson coins the word cyberspace when he publishes Neuromancer

Mar 20, 1984

This term is such an important term used all over the world. It almost perfectly defines what the Internet is.