The First Computer

By KaRiOkAt77

  • First Programmable Computer

    First Programmable Computer
    German Konrad Zuse invented the first Programmable Computer in his parents living room between 1936 - 1938.

  • J.V Atanasoff

    J.V Atanasoff
    J.V. Atanasoff, a professor of physics and mathematics at Iowa State University, attempts to build the first computer without gears, cams, belts or shafts.

  • ENIAC

    ENIAC
    Two University of Pennsylvania professors, John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert, build the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator

  • First Computer Language

    First Computer Language
    Grace Hopper develops the first computer language, which eventually becomes known as COBOL. Thomas Johnson Watson Jr., son of IBM CEO Thomas Johnson Watson Sr., conceives the IBM 701 EDPM to help the United Nations keep tabs on Korea during the war.

  • FORTRAN

    FORTRAN
    The FORTRAN programming language, an acronym for FORmula TRANslation, is developed by a team of programmers at IBM led by John Backus, according to the University of Michigan.

  • The Computer Chip

    The Computer Chip
    Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce unveil the integrated circuit, known as the computer chip. Kilby was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2000 for his work.

  • Apple 1

    Apple 1
    Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak start Apple Computers on April Fool's Day and roll out the Apple I, the first computer with a single-circuit board, according to Stanford University.