Significant Events For Computer Programming

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    Significant Events in Programming

    These are very significant events in computer programming from 1800CE - 2018CE.

  • First computer program

    Ada Lovelace writes the first computer program.

  • Transistor

    John Bardeen invents the transistor in 1948

  • Magnetic core memory

    An Wang invents magnetic core memory. He sells the patent for $400,000.

  • Database

    The creation of the database.

  • Desktop Computers

    The first concepts of a mouse and graphical user interface are created.

  • Intel

    Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce create Intel to build the integrated circuit.

  • 8-bit 8008

    Intel releases the 8-bit 8008.

  • Microsoft Corporation.

    The Microsoft Corporation was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen.

  • Apple

    Apple Computers was founded by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs.

  • Apple II

    Apple's Apple II was the first personal computer was released.

  • VisiCalc

    The first electronic spreadsheet is created.

  • The World Wide Web

    The World Wide Web is created at the CERN physics laboratory by Sir Tim Berners-Lee.

  • Java

    Java is introduced to the pubic.

  • Google

    Google is founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page.

  • Xbox

    Bill Gates introduces the Xbox in early 2001.