History of the Computer

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  • 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/