Technology History Project Programming

Headphones

Jan 1, 1910

SourceHeadphones were a pair of small loudspeakers that were designed to be held in place close to a user's ears. The first set of successful headphones were developed in 1910 by Nathaniel Baldwin.

Fortran

Jan 1, 1957

SourceFortran is used as an extension to other programming languages. It was developed by John Backus and IBM

The PDP-1

Jan 1, 1959

SourceProgrammed Data Processor-1 was the first computer in Digital Equipment Corporation's PDP series and was made in 1959. It was also able to play history's first game on a minicomputer, Steve Russell's SpaceWars! Only 3 PDP-1 computers still exist as we know and all are in the collection of the Computer History Museum

Basic

Jan 1, 1964

SourceBasic is an acronym for beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code. It is a high-level programming language meant to emphasize ease of use.

Mouse

Aug 28, 1964

SourceIt's first name was "Computer-Aided Display Control". The mouse was created Douglass EngelBart. Other uses of the mouse's input occur commonly in special application-domains.

First Internet (ARPANET)

Apr 7, 1969

Source The Arpanet was the first network created. It was also used for protocol suite TCP/IP. It was created by Darpa for the U.S Military.

Pascal

Jan 1, 1970

Source Pascal is a historically imperative and procedural language by Niklaus Wirth as a small language for practice. The derivative known as Object Pascal was designed for object-oriented programming.

VideoGame Console

Jan 1, 1972

SourceA video game console is a device that outputs a video signal or image to display a video game. Although Ralph Baer had built working game consoles by 1966, it was nearly a decade before Pong made them commonplace in home theaters.

Mobile Phone

Apr 4, 1973

SourceA phone that can make and recieve telephone calls over a radio link while moving around a wide geographic area. In addition to telephony, modern mobile phones also support a wide variety of other services such as texting, mms, email, internet, gaming, etc.

AWK

Jan 1, 1977

Sourcean extremely versatile programming language for working on files. AWK is the very old version and the original language made by AT&T and Bruce Barnett.

Apple Computer II

Jan 1, 1983

SourceApple was created and created Apple 2. There first computer was the Apple 2 it was like all the other at the time, "advanced". Made by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. Ronald Wayne joined them in order to help build more machines.

Bluetooth

Jan 1, 1994

SourceBluetooth is a wireless control of communication between mobile phones and a handsfree headset. Nils Rydbeck founded the idea at the company Ericson Mobile.Bluetooths are still used today.

Java

Jan 1, 1995

SourceJava is used for client-server web applications. Java is still being used today as a basic program.

Counter Strike Global Offensive

Aug 21, 2012

SourceCounter Strike : Global Offensive is an online first person shooter developed by Hidden Path Entertainment and the Valve Corporation. It features classic content, such as revamped versions of classic maps, as well as brand new maps, characters and game modes.Global Offensive supports matchmaking and leaderboards for all online game modes, provided by Steam.

Samsung Galaxy Gear

Sep 25, 2013

SourceThe Samsung Galaxy Gear is a part of the Samsung Gear Family. Lee Young-hee, vice president of Samsung's mobile business revealed the project in July 2013.