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William Stanley Jevons designs a practical logic machine.
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The Comptometer is an invention of Dorr E. Felt which is operated by pressing keys.
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Alan Turing develops the concept of a theoretical computing machine.
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Konrad Zuse creates the Z1 Computer a binary digital computer using punch tape.
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The Common Business-Oriented Language (COBOL) programming language is invented.
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The first computer game Spacewar Computer Game invented BY Steve Russell & MIT.
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Douglas Engelbart invents and patents the first computer mouse (nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end)
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The American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) is developed to standardize data exchange among computers..
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IBM creates the first floppy disk.
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Seymour Cray develops the CDC 7600, the first supercomputer.
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Intel introduces the world's first available dynamic RAM ( random-access memory) chip and the first microprocessor, the Intel 4004.
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Liquid Crystal Display ( LCD ) was invented by James Fergason.
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Ward Christensen writes the programme "MODEM" allowing two microcomputers to exchange files with each other over a phone line.
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The World Wide Web Consortium is founded by Tim Berners-Lee to help with the development of common protocols for the evolution of the World Wide Web.
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YAHOO is created in April, 1994
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Java is introduced