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1941: Atanasoff an a graduate student named Clifford Berry, design a computer that could solve 29 equations repeatedly. This marked the first time a computer is able to store information on its main memory drive.
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1947: William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain of Bell Laboratories invented the transistor. They discovered how to make an electric switch with solid materials and no need for a vacuum anymore
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1954: The FORTRAN programming language is born.
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1958: Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce created the circuit, known as a computer chip. Kilby was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work in 2000.
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1974-1977: A number of personal computers hit the market, including Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair, IBM 5100.
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1964: Douglas Engelbart shows a prototype of the modern computer, with a mouse an a graphical user interface (GUI). This marks the evolution of the computer from a specialized machine for scientists and mathematicians to technology.
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1969: A group of developers at Bell Labs produce UNIX, a operating system that addressed compatibility issues. Written in the C programming language, UNIX was portable across multiple platforms and became the operating system of choice among mainframes at large companies and government entities.
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1970: The newly formed Intel unveils the Intel 1103, the first Dynamic Access Memory chip.
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1976: Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak start Apple Computers on April Fool’s Day named Apple I, the first computer with a single-circuit board.
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1985: Microsoft announces Windows.
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1994: PCs become gaming machines as "Command & Conquer," "Alone in the Dark 2," "Theme Park," "Magic Carpet," "Descent" and "Little Big Adventure" are among the games to hit the market.
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1999: The term Wi-Fi becomes part of the computing language and users begin connecting to the Internet without wires.
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2005: YouTube, a video sharing service, is founded. Google acquires Android, an a Linux-based mobile phone operating system.
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2006:Nintendo’s Wii game console hits the market
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2011: Google releases the Chromebook, a laptop that runs the Google Chrome.
