Mr Smith's Y8 ICT Computer History Timeline

Period: Jan 1, 1800 to Jan 1, 2013

The History of Modern Computing

Jan 1, 1822

Charles Baggage publishes paper on 'Difference Engine'

Charles Babbage, a brilliant and eccentric English Mathematician, conceives of a machine that could make mathematical decisions and replace human calculations for important mathematical concerns like maritime navigation.

Jan 1, 1940

The Complex Number Calculator (CNC) Was Completed

Bell Telephone Laboratories completed their complex machine, desgined by researcher George Stibitz. This is considered to be the first demonstration of acssesing other information from another computer. Resorce found at http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/?year=1940

Nov 3, 1941

Konrad Zuse invents the Z3

The Z3 by inventor Konrad Zuse from 1941 is regarded as the first working programmable, fully automatic modern computing machine.

Nov 3, 1942

First Electronic Digital Computer

John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry built the first electronic digital computer. Orignally the computer was the size of a room.

Nov 3, 1943

Colossus Computer

Colossus was the first digital computer t electronic digital computer that was at all programmable. It was used by British code breakers during World War II.

Nov 3, 1946

ENIC 1

John Mauchly and John Presper Eckert develops the ENIC 1 (Electrical Numercial Integrator and Calculator)

Nov 3, 1950

Konrad Zuse invents the Z4 which is the first commercial computer sold.

Konrad Zuse invents the first Z4 and it was the first commmercial computer sold it was a good thing which made many people happy...

Jan 2, 1960

IBM develops the first automatic transistor

IBM ( international buisness machines ) develpoes the first automatic mass-production facility for transistors in New York

Nov 3, 1960

Datasaab D2

The Datasaab D2 was created in 1960 and was built in sweeden. It weighed 200 kg and could be place on a desktop. It was a prototype designed to test conveniently done of a computeriezed navigation aid in aircrafts.

Nov 3, 1961

First industrial robot.

General Motors puts the first industrial robot to work in a New Jersey factory. The robot is a 4,000 pound Unimate.

Nov 3, 1961

Components

Fairchild Camera and Intrument Corp. invented the resistor-transistor logic (RTL) product, a set/reset flip flop, and the first whole circuit available as a single chip.

Nov 3, 1962

BRLESC |

It was designed for scientific and military tasks an it could do 5 million operations per second.

Nov 3, 1964

TRANSIT used in submarines

The TRANSIT system becomes operational on U.S. Polaris submarines. This system later becomes known as GPS.

Nov 3, 1970

Missile Guidance System created

The US Department of defense develops ada a computer progamming language capable of designing missile guidance system.

Nov 3, 1970

China Satellite

China's first satellite the "Dong Fang Hong I" is launched into space April 24, 1970.

Nov 3, 1970

Battery

The Sealed Lead Acid battery begins being used for commercial use.

Nov 3, 1970

Intel announces the 1103, a new DRAM memory chip containing more than 1,000 bits of information. This chip is classified as random-access memory (RAM).

Dynamic Random Access Memory, DRAM is one of the most commonly found memory modules in PC compatible personal computers and workstations

Nov 3, 1977

Apple II was created

The Apple II is a home computer that was designed by Steve Wonzniak and manufactured by apple.It was introduced in 1977.

Nov 3, 1981

Adam Osborne introduces the Osborne I, the first successful portable laptop

The Osborne I was the first successful microcomputer, released on 3 April 1981 by Osborne Computer Corporation. It had the basic programs of a modern computer.