Programming History Timeline

1822 Charles Babbage

Jan 20, 1822

English mathematician Charles Babbage creates a calculator driven by steam. The calculator was funded by the British government​ and could compute tables. http://www.livescience.com/20718-computer-history.html

1953 Grace Hopper

Apr 8, 1953

Grace Hopper develops the first computer language. The language, known as COBOL, helps U.S. track Korea during the war. http://www.livescience.com/20718-computer-history.html

1958 Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce

May 9, 1958

Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce unveil the first computer chip. They eventually get awarded​ the Nobel Prize for the chip. http://www.livescience.com/20718-computer-history.html

1961 GM Robot

Oct 13, 1961

General Motors puts a computerized industrial robot to work in a New Jersey factory. http://www.datesandevents.org/events-timelines/07-computer-history-timeline.htm

1963 ASCII

Jun 13, 1963

American Standard Code for Information Interchange is developed, allowing computers to exchange data between one another. http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/1963/

1964 Word Processor

May 3, 1964

John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz develop BASIC, the first word​​ processor. http://www.datesandevents.org/events-timelines/07-computer-history-timeline.htm

1967 Floppy Disk

Nov 7, 1967

In 1967, IBM created the first floppy disc. This allowed work on the computer to be saved. http://www.datesandevents.org/events-timelines/07-computer-history-timeline.htm

1969 Seymour Cray

Dec 27, 1969

Seymour Cray develops the very first supercomputer​, the CDC7600.

1970 RAM

Jul 7, 1970

Intel invents the world's first RAM chip and micro processor. http://www.datesandevents.org/events-timelines/07-computer-history-timeline.htm

1971

Aug 12, 1971

Email is invented by Ray Tomlinson. Users can now interact with each other through computers. http://www.datesandevents.org/events-timelines/07-computer-history-timeline.htm

1972 Pong

Sep 8, 1972

Atari releases the first video game ever in 1972. In pong, you hit a ball back and forth with bumpers. http://www.datesandevents.org/events-timelines/07-computer-history-timeline.htm

1976 Apple

Nov 11, 1976

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak create apple computers from Steve Job's garage. http://www.datesandevents.org/events-timelines/07-computer-history-timeline.htm

1990 Internet

Mar 23, 1990

Tim Berners-Lee creates a hypertext system that starts the modern internet.
http://www.datesandevents.org/events-timelines/07-computer-history-timeline.htm

1998 Google

Sep 7, 1998

Google is founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page. One of the first official search engines. http://www.datesandevents.org/events-timelines/07-computer-history-timeline.htm

2002 Usage

Dec 31, 2002

Reports show that 1 billion computers have now been purchased and are being used. http://www.datesandevents.org/events-timelines/07-computer-history-timeline.htm