Major Events and People in the History of Computers

By jameswolfe

  • Herman Hollerith

    Founder of TBM

  • Z1 computer

    The Z1 was just a mechanical calculator

  • 1st Gen Comp

    Used vaccum tubes to store data

  • 2nd Gen Computer

    Used transistors to store data

  • Eniac

    First successful highspeed computer

  • Univac

    First commercially successful digital computer

  • Jack Kilby

    Invented intergrated circuits

  • 3rd Gen Computer

    Used Intergrated Circuits to store data

  • Charles Babbage

    Concept of Programable computer

  • BASIC

    High level programming languages

  • Intro of GUI

    made interacting with a computer easier

  • Altair Computer

    First personal computer

  • Bill Gates

    Part owner/creator of the altair computer

  • Apple II

    First highly successful, mass produced computer

  • Steve Jobs

    Created Apple I and II

  • wordstar

    first word processor

  • visicalc

    first electronic spreadsheet

  • Osborne computer

    First drop resistant compuer, also the first to come with software

  • 4th Gen Computer

    used microprocesser to store data

  • pagemaker

    first desktop publishing software

  • excel

    first spread sheet to use graphical interface

  • netscape

    became an open source

  • Mosiac

    caused 350% rise in internet traffic