Timeline: Programming History Timeline

Jan 1, 1809

Samuel Sommerring's Wire Telegraph

Samueal Sommerring's Wire Telegraph
Samuel Sommerring created a telgraph-like machine that used wires fro every letter in the alphabet and the numbers between 0 and 9.

Jan 1, 1837

Analytical Engine

Analytical Engine Analytic Engine
Charles Babbage created the analytic engine which used punch cards, flow control, and a had Arithmetic Logic Unit to memorize things.

Jan 1, 1944

Konrad Zuse Invents PLANKALKUL

Plankalkul BritannicaKonrad Zuse makes the Plankalkul which is the first computer programming language that was able to make the computer follow routines and procdures.

Jan 1, 1954

John Backus invents FORTRAN

FORTRAN
FORTRAN was the first high level programming system because it was closely related to human language and is still used today.

Jan 1, 1958

LISP Programming is Created

LISP Britannica
A new high level programming is created called LISP which was capable of using mathematical formulas to solve equations.

Jan 1, 1961

IBM 7030 Stretch

IBM 7030 StretchIBM releases their IBM 7030 stretch super computer which was one of the first computers to have 64-bits of memory.

Jan 1, 1962

A Programming Language By: Kenneth Iverson

Kenneth Iverson A Programming Language
Kenneth Iverson's book titled, A Programming Language, is published. It included mathematical notatations that he had created in the 1950s.

Jan 1, 1964

COBOL is invented

COBOL stands for Common Business-Oriented language and is a simpler way of readability of computer programs designed for business use.

Jan 1, 1972

Third Generation Computers

Third Generation Computers
Computers began using integrated circuit boards that made computer smaller and faster.

Feb 1, 1972

C programming is released

C Programming
C programming is released by Dennis Ritchie and his team. The program is still used today.

Jan 1, 1974

Internet is introduced

History of the InternetThe term "interent" is first coined by Vinton Cerf and Bob Kahn.

Jan 1, 1983

The first computer virus is detected

History of the Internet
Fred Cohen introduces the first computer virus that infects a computer, copies itself, and then infects another computer through a floppy disk.

Jan 1, 1983

Microsoft introduces Word

Timeline of Comuter History
Microsoft introduces an app that allows people to type stuff onto a document.

Jan 1, 1987

Larry Wall creates PERL

History of COmpuet Programming Timeline
Larry Wall creates PERL which is an acronym for Practical Extraction and Report Language. It was a program that could create reports from scanning and extracting information from text files.