History of Computers

By Connor05wong
  • 10,000 BCE

    Agriculture Revolution

  • 3000 BCE

    Abicus

    First calculator
  • Period: 600 BCE to 200 BCE

    Golden Age of Greece

    Formed logic
  • Period: 800 to 1258

    Golden Age of Islam

    Created the algorithim
  • 1300

    Hindu Arabic Numerals come to Europe

  • 1450

    Gutenberg Press

  • Calculus Discovered

  • Experiments with Electricity

  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • Babbage Difference Engine

  • Jacquard Loom

    Programmable Loom

  • Camera

  • Period: to

    Age of Electricity

  • Telegraph

  • Railroads

  • Transalantic Transportation

  • Telephone/Light Bulb

  • Automobile

  • Period: to

    Age of Oil

  • Radio

  • Wright Brothers Flight

  • Vacuum Tubes

  • Period: to

    WW1

  • First Electric Digital Computer (Eniac)

  • Transistor

    Miniaturize electronics

  • Corporate Computers/Integrated Circuit

  • Apollo Space Program

  • ASCII

  • Walk on the Moon

  • Pc Kit Makers/Apple

  • Home PCs

    Microsoft

  • PCs more mainstram

    Microsoft is the most popular OS

  • MP3 Players

  • Nokia Phones

  • Facebook

  • iPhone

  • Bitcoin

  • Social Media

  • Twitter

  • Autonomous Driving Electric Cars

  • Apple Watch

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