History of IT 2012CISI

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    CIS I IT Timeline 2012

    CIS Class creates timeline based upon researching the history of IT.
  • al shugart was born

    al shugart was born

    al shugart creates the floppy disc
  • Solid State Drives

    Solid State Drives

    First invented by ibm in the 50's but more commonely used now in high-end computers due to their fast read/write speeds
  • optical disc drive

    optical disc drive

    found all over the place. in your car or home. first thought of the idea, David Gregg
  • ENIAC

    ENIAC

    The ENIAC was shut down after being built in 1946.
  • Mark Dean Is Born

    Mark Dean Is Born

    Mark Dean created the ISA bus, which allows peripherals to be connected to a computer. (e.g. camera, modem,printer, mouse)
  • Relational Model of Data

    Relational Model of Data

    Edgar F. Codd Create the Relational Model of Data
  • The first Apple computer was invented

    The first Apple computer was invented

    awaefrs
  • Founding Of Oracle Corporation

    Founding Of Oracle Corporation

    Lary Ellison co-founded the Oracle Corporation along with Bob Miner and Ed Oates.
  • Steve Ballmer Joins Microsoft

    Steve Ballmer Joins Microsoft

    Steve Ballmer joined Microsoft on June 11, 1980, and became Microsoft's 30th employee, the first business manager hired by Gates.
  • Tim Berners-Lee

    Tim Berners-Lee

    The World Wide Web is created.
  • Linux was first released

    Linux was first released

    Linux was First released
  • Grace Hopper Death

    Grace Hopper Death

    Grace Hopper Invented COBOL IN the life.
  • Java is released to the public

    Java is released to the public

    Dr. James A. Gosling releases the first public release of the Java programming language.
  • ed yourdon

    ed yourdon

    inducted into the computer hall of fame
  • Gordon Moore earned the Presidential Medal of Fredom

    Gordon Moore earned the Presidential Medal of Fredom

    This is significant because it shows the magnitude of his contributions in his life. This medal is the highest civilian honor given and is only given to those that have made a meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States.
  • Vodafone Group sells Vodafone K.K.

    Vodafone Group sells Vodafone K.K.

    Vodafone Group announced it had agreed to sell Vodafone K.K. to SoftBank for approximately 1.75 trillion Japanese yen (approximately US$ 15.1 Billion)
  • USB Introduced

    USB Introduced

    USB 3.0 comes out on this date after 1.0 and 2.0.