Evolution of Computers

  • Loom with punch cards

    In France, Joseph Marie Jacquard invents a loom that uses punched wooden cards
  • Babbage's baby

    Babbage invents analytical engine
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    punch card system

    Herman Hollerith designs a punch card system to calculate the 1880 census, accomplishing the task in just three years and saving the government $5 million. He establishes a company that would ultimately become IBM
  • Iowa Univesity tries to build first computer

    Iowa State University, attempts to build the first computer without gears, cams, belts or shafts.
  • HP is founded

    HP is founded in garage in california
  • solved 29 equations using computer

    Atanasoff design a computer that can solve 29 equations simultaneously
  • ENIAC - Grandfather of digital computers

    Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator (ENIAC) was built.
  • Integrated circuits - Computer chip

    Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce unveil the integrated circuit.
  • Unix

    Unix was written by Bell labs
  • Personal computes hit market

    number of personal computers hit the market, including Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair, IBM 5100, Radio Shack's TRS-80 — affectionately known as the "Trash 80" — and the Commodore PET
  • Apple

    Steve jobs founds Apple
  • Turing Machine

    Alan Turing invents what is known as Turing Machine
  • IBM enters PC market

    IBM lauches its PC product line
  • Windows

    Microsoft launches windows OS
  • Google

    Google was founded in California
  • Macbook

    Apple gives Macbook