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Herman Hollerith, an American inventor, built a machine to count a census. It used punched cards and gears like the previous ones, but it worked with electricity. His company grew to becom the firt computer in the world IBM.
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The first computer called ENIAC is introduced to the public. It could make 5,000 additions and 300 multiplications per second.
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The second generation of computers starts, with used transistors to process instead of vacuum tubes.
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Integrated circuits begin to be used in the computers, which increased the processing capacity, and reduced the size of the machines.
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It is a single integrated circuit in which the basic elements of the computers meet. The first personal computers begin to develop.
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Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak make the Apple I. This computer allowed users to see what they were doing on a screen unlike other models. Then an improved version called Appel II came, which sold millions of units.
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The IBM PC is on sale as a home computer and revolutionizes computing. It increases the development of software and operating systems wicth which computers run.
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It appears the WWW or web, one of the main internet services, which makes the use of computers more useful in differents areas.
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The development of smartphones starts with the presentation of the Simon Phone that included canlendar, adress book, world clock, and calculator, among other functions.
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A prototype tablet called Nokia 510 webtablet is introduced, with a 10 inches touch sreen.
