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History of Computing

By dggp1
  • Period: to

    History of computing

    1830 to 2017
  • Charles Babbage designs Difference Engine

    Charles Babbage designs Difference Engine

    Designed by Charles Babbage to calculate and tabulate mathematical functions called polynomials. it was never competed however due to a dispute with Joseph Clement who was building it. It was then broken for scrap

  • Defining a Computer

    Definition of a Computer - before 1935, a computer was a person who performed arithmetic calculations. Between 1935 and 1945 the definition referred to a machine, rather than a person
  • Atanasoff Berry Computer

    Atanasoff Berry Computer

    Built at Iowa state university to improve the speed of calculations and used binary calculations
  • Colossus

    Colossus

    Used to break German encryption in WW2
  • Von Neumann Architecture

    Von Neumann Architecture

    released a paper describing the logical design of a compute which is still used today
  • ENIAC

    ENIAC

    worlds first general purpose computer
  • First electronic robot on a production line

    First electronic robot on a production line

    world's first working robot joined the assembly line at the General Motors plant in Ewing Township in the spring of 1961
  • Moore's Law

    Moore's Law

    Moore, a co-founder of intel noted that the amount of transistors per square inch were doubling every two years

  • Internet began as a military computer network

    The Internet, originally the ARPAnet (Advanced Research Projects Agency network), began as a military computer network.
  • Moon Landing

    Moon Landing

    The Apollo rockets used the Saturn V guidance system to help them into orbit
  • First Arcade Game

    First Arcade Game

    released by Atari in 1972
  • First Home Console

    First Home Console

    Magnavox oddysee - developed to improve reactions in the military
  • Cray 1

    Cray 1

    worlds first digital electronic computer
  • Apple's first computer

    Apple's first computer

    had a graphical user inteface
  • Gameboy

    Gameboy

    First handheld gaming system
  • Invention of the World Wide Web

    Invention of the World Wide Web

    Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the networked hypertext system called the World Wide Web.
  • Microsoft released Windows

    Microsoft released Windows

    First release of the windows operating system
  • First smart phone

    First smart phone

    Named Simon
  • ISP's began making the internet available to a larger number of people

    ISP's began making the internet available to a larger number of people

    allowed the internet to enter public homes
  • First Social Media Site

    First Social Media Site

    Called six Degrees, allowed users to upload photos and information
  • Deep blue vs Kasparov

    Deep blue vs Kasparov

    IBM developed a programme that beat the worlds greatest chess player
  • ipad announced

    ipad announced

    dawn of tablet computing
  • Autonomous car testing

    Autonomous car testing

    5 US states have allowed autonomous cars to be tested on public road
  • Virtual reality used by NASA

    Virtual reality used by NASA

    Used and tested by NASA in the 1980's