History Of Computers Timeline

By jackson@beaufortschools.org
  • Charles Babbage

    Charles Babbage

    Mid 1830's, Charles Babbage created the first automatic digital computer.
  • Ada Lovelace

    Ada Lovelace

    she realized that the computer could follow a series of simple instructions, and was the first to create a computer program.
  • Alan Turing

    Alan Turing

    Developed the idea for the Universal Turing Machine, forming the basis for artificial intelligence.
  • Mauchly and Eckert

    Mauchly and Eckert

    Created the invention of the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer.
  • ENIAC Programmers

    ENIAC Programmers

    Developed concepts like subroutines and nesting. Jean Bartik led a team to turn the ENIAC into a stored program computer
  • Grace Hopper

    Grace Hopper

    Invented the first compiler, a program that translates programming code to machine language.
  • Mark Dean

    Mark Dean

    Helped develop landmark technologies, including the color PC monitor, and the Industry Standard Architecture system bus.