Software and Hardware Timeline

By zoe huxter

  • IBM was founded

  • 1st Generation Computer

    1st Generation Computer

  • E-books

  • Computer usage company was founded

    CUC was the first company to sell software separately from computer hardware.
  • 2nd Generation of Computers

    2nd Generation of Computers

  • ADP uses mainframe computers to process payroll

    ADP pioneered the use of computers in the business world to process payrolls for their clients.
  • 3rd Generation of Computers

    3rd Generation of Computers

  • 4th Generation of Computers

    4th Generation of Computers

  • First Microprocessor

  • Kodak DCS, digital camera introduced

    Kodak DCS, digital camera introduced

  • Microsoft was founded

    It was the first BASIC programming language

  • First accounting software

    Visicalc was originally only available on Apple II computer

  • The first version of MS-DOS was released by Microsoft

    This software matured over the years and eventually morphed into MS Windows.

  • Microsoft office released

  • Web Camera

    Web Camera

  • Smartphone

    Smartphone

  • First web browser

  • Rise of big data

    By 2007, 94% of data storage was digital.
  • 1st Generation iPad

    1st Generation iPad

  • 5th Generation Computer

    5th Generation Computer