A Brief Timeline in the History of Computers

By dance1245
  • First Commercial

    First Commercial

    First commercial to be put in effect for the teletype or teleprinters.
  • PASCAL Invented

    PASCAL Invented

    PASCAL was invented by Nicklaus Wirth
  • Teletype Terminals

    Teletype Terminals

    Classrooms begin using teletype terminals for instructional purposes to interact with remote computers using acoustic couplers.
  • Electronic Synthesizer

    Electronic Synthesizer

    Robert Moog invented the first practical electronic synthesizer and introduced it to the public in 1964.
  • Handheld Calculator

    Handheld Calculator

    Hewlett-Packard introduces the HP-35, the first scientific handheld calculator.
  • Microsoft Is Born

    Microsoft Is Born

    Two young hackers, William Gates and Paul Allen approached MITS (Massachusetts Institute of Technology: an engineering university in Cambridge) and promised to deliver a BASIC compiler. So they did and from the sale, Microsoft was born.
  • TRS-80 Pocket Computer

    TRS-80 Pocket Computer

    Radio Shack introduces the TRS-80 Pocket Computer.
  • DVD Player

    DVD Player

    First DVD players made available.
  • Hand Held Computer

    Hand Held Computer

    Microsoft announced the Palm PC hand-held computer.
  • Matrix is Released

    Matrix is Released

    The movie The Matrix is released. It's starring a big brother (software) computer network and controlling minds and the world!
  • A Space Odyssey Released

    A Space Odyssey Released

    The movie "A Space Odyssey" is released on Jan 1, 2001.
  • Apple's iPod

    Apple's iPod

    Apple's iPod, a digital music player that is pocket sized and is made available.

  • Bibliography

    Bibliography