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Charles Babbage conceptualized the modern computer
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Herman Hollerith invented the first mechanical tabulation that involved punchcards.
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First mechanical computer. Because of it's design many call it the first modern computer.
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The first Generation of computers were ones that involved vacuum tubes
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First electronic general purpose computer
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First commercially available computer
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The 2nd generation of computers involved transistors.
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Jack Kilby made the first integrated circuit.
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First consumer based programming language.
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The third generation of computers introduced integrated circuits.
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The 4th generation of computers introduced microprocessors.
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First Personal Computer that was released commercially
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Steve Jobs founded Apple.
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First fully packaged and complete PC
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Solved the "blank screen problem"
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Wordstar was the first wordprocessing program.
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The very first spreadsheet program.
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First portable full featured pc.
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Pagemaker was the first widespread publishing program.
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Excel was the first widespread spreadsheet program to be distributed with computers.
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First browser that popularized the internet.
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First browser to include SSL.