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The first mechanical computer
created by Charles Babbage in 1822, doesn't really resemble what most would consider a computer today. -
transistor
A transistor is a semiconductor device with at least three terminals for connection to an electric current. On December 16, 1947, they (John Bardeen and Walter Brattain) built the point-contact transistor, made from strips of gold foil on a plastic triangle, pushed down into contact with a slab of germanium. -
The UNIVAC
(UNIVersal Automatic Computer I) was the first commercial computer produced in the United States. It was designed principally by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly, the inventors of the ENIAC. -
Spacewar
Spacewar is one of the earliest digital computer video games. It is a two-player game, with each player taking control of a starship and attempting to destroy the other -
Invention of the computer mouse
The first computer mouse was publicly unveiled in 1968, its inventor was Douglas C. Engelbart. -
ARPANET
ARPANET was the network that became the basis for the Internet. Based on a concept first published in 1967, ARPANET was developed under the direction of the U.S. Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA). -
Invention of the floppy disk
A floppy disk, also called a diskette, is a disk storage medium composed of a disk of thin and flexible magnetic storage medium, sealed in a rectangular plastic carrier lined with fabric that removes dust particles. Floppy disks are read and written by a floppy disk drive (FDD) -
the invention of the email
In 1978, a 14 year old named V.A Shiva Ayyadurai developed a computer program, which replicated the features of the interoffice, inter-organization paper mail system. He called his program "EMAIL" -
usenet
An early non-centralized computer network for the discussion of particular topics and the sharing of files via newsgroups. it was established in 1980 -
birth of the internet
September 2, 1969: First time two computers communicated with each other. Oct 29, 1969: Message sent from computer to computer in different locations. Jan 1, 1983: ARPANET adopted the standard TCP/IP protocol. March 1989: Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. -
the founding of google
Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. -
the first iphone
The first generation iPhone was released on June 29, 2007 made by steve jobs
