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The Analytical Engine was supposed to be a general-purpose, fully program controlled, automatic mechanical digital computer. It used punch cards. It was never finished. -
Selected to process the 1890 census data after beating two other designs. Sorted info on punched cards. -
Invented by Alan Turing in 1936. It is a mathematical model of computation describing an abstract machine. Proved the fundamental limitations of mechanical computation. -
The Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) was founded on the first of January 1939. Started by making sophisticated equipment often for the military. Now makes things like computers and printers. -
COBOL is a computer language developed by Grace Hopper. Shown at the Conference on Data Systems Languages. -
Developed by Douglas Engelbart in 1968. Similar to the file explorer on modern computers. First to use a computer mouse. -
Founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne on April 1st, 1976, originally named Apple Computer Co. -
The first version of Windows was released on November 20, 1985 as a graphical operating system shell for MS-DOS. It is an operating system for computers. It is the most popular desktop operating system in the world, by far. -
Creator of the World Wide Web, URL system, and the HTML markup language. Proposed the idea of what would become the World Wide Web on March 12, 1989 -
Introduced September 21, 1997. It is a wireless networking protocol that devices use to communicate wirelessly. Based on the IEEE 802.11 group of standards. Often used for local area networking of devices or Internet access. -
Line of smartphones produced by Apple Inc. First of what is considered a smartphone today. Originally only sold and compatible with AT&T, which caused controversy at the time. Development started in 2004. -
Line of laptop and tablet computers with ChromeOS, made and developed by Google. -
Created under the leadership of Jony Ive and Kevin Lynch. Quickly became the best-selling wearable device of the time.