History of the Computer

By xi68ndb

  • ENIAC

    ENIAC becomes operational

  • First Compiler

    Grace Hopper develops the first compiler

  • First Mouse

    Engelbart and Bill English invent the mouse

  • ARPANET

    First ARPANET nodes are installed

  • Email

    Ray Tomlinson invents email

  • Windows

    Microsoft announces Windows, an early graphical OS

  • Linux Kernel

    Linus Torvalds releases the first version of the Linux kernel

  • Wikipedia

    Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger launch Wikipedia

  • Roomba

    The Roomba is introduced - it used an AI-like algorithm

  • Mars Rovers

    Opportunity and Spirit Mars Rovers land on Mars

  • The Cloud

    Centralized computer systems return

  • MacBook Air

    The first mass-market computer to use a solid-state primary storage

  • IBM Watson Wins Jeapordy

    IBM's "Watson" AI wins Jeapordy

  • Raspberry PI

    The Raspberry Pi, an inexpensive, ARM-based single-board computer, is released

  • HTML 5

    HTML version 5 is announced

  • Sources

    Book: "The Innovators" by Walter Isaacson
    Website: http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/2000/