Technology Decade Timeline. Sadie Binkley and Kevin Gray. Computing in the Modern World
By SadieBinkley
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1940s Technology
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The Z3 Computer
Z3 was an electromechanical computer designed by Konrad Zuse. It was the world's first working programmable, fully automatic computing machine -
Colossus
The Colossus was the first electronic fixed program computer with variable coefficients. It was used by the British to decipher Axis Power’s telegraphs during World War II. The design was engineered by Tommy Flowers. -
Mark I Computer
IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (ASCC), also called the Mark I. It was thought of by Howard Aiken, built by IBM, and shipped to Harvard once completed. -
ENIAC
Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) was the first electronic general-purpose computer. It was Turing-complete, digital, and capable of being reprogrammed to solve a full range of computing problems. -
Sony
Sony is primarily focused on the electronics, game, entertainment and financial services sectors. The company made the first commercially successful transistor radios. -
The Williams-Kilburn Tube
The Williams-Kilburn tube was a cathode ray tube that served as a way to store binary data. This was the first Random-access-memory device (it allows you to access any data in the same relative time). This was created by Freddie Williams and Tom Kilburn. -
Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard is incorporated in 1947. This company has grown to be one of the major computer companies in the world. -
The Manchester Mark 1 "Baby"
Manchester "baby" was the world's first stored-program computer. A stored-program computer is one which stores program instructions in electronic memory. -
David Bradley
He was born in 1949 and worked for IBM. He created the Ctrl-Alt-Delete sequence. -
EDVAC
EDVAC (Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer) was one of the earliest electronic computers. It used binary instead of decimal. It was the Predecessor of ENIAC.
