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the abacus was a device made to add and subtract and it was invented in 2400 B.C. http://anddum.com/timeline/history_short.htm
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the Indian Mathematician introduces the forerunner to modern formal language theory
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invents the binary number system
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Built in Rhodes to track movement of the stars
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invents machines which are able to follow a series of instructions
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invents the first fully mechanical clock
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Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci depict inventions such as flying machines, including a helicopter, the first mechanical calculator and one of the first programmable robots
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invents a system of moveable rods (Napier's Rods) based on logarithms which were able to multiply, divide and calculate square and cube roots
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develops the slide rule (it was circular in shape)
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William Oughtred
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invents the the "Pascaline", a mechanical adding machine
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becomes known as one of the founding fathers of calculus
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invents an automatic loom controlled by punched cards
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The Arithmometer was the first mass-produced calculator invented by Charles Xavier Thomas de Colmar
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the first computer was designed and put into production
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designs his first mechanical computer
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is invented by Samuel Morse
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invents the telephone called the Photophone
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the first electric computer to be used for routine
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The ENIAC was invented by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly at the University of Pennsylvania and began construction in 1943 and was not completed until 1946. It occupied about 1,800 square feet and used about 18,000 vacuum tubes, weighing almost 50 tons.
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the term computer ‘bug’ is first used by Grace Hopper
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are launched by the Russians
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Douglas Engelbart invents and patents the first computer mouse (nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end)
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Intel introduces the world's first available dynamic RAM ( random-access memory) chip and the first microprocessor, the Intel 4004
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Apple Computers is founded by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs on 1 Apr 1976 (April Fools Day)
