The History of Computer Science

By ManuelyAna

  • Invention of logarithms

    Invention of logarithms
    In 1617 an eccentric (some people say mad) Scotsman named John Napier invented logarithms, which is a technology that allows multiplication to be performed via addition.

  • The calculating clock

    The calculating clock
    The first gear-driven calculating machine to actually be built was probably the calculating clock, invented by the German professor Wilhem Schickard.

  • MECHANICAL ADDING MACHINE

    MECHANICAL ADDING MACHINE
    the French mathematician and philosopher, Blaise Pascal,

    built a mechanical adding machine.

  • spacewar computer game

    spacewar computer game
    spacewar computer game In 1961 the ´Spacewar Computer Game´ was invented

  • binary system

    binary system
    A german matematitian, Golfried Whilhem Liebnitz introduced the binary system.

  • Joseph Marie Jacquard´s invention

    Joseph Marie Jacquard´s invention
    In France Joseph Marie Jacquard invents a loom that uses punched wooden cards to automatically wavy fabric designers.Early computers would use similar punch cards.

  • The analytical engine

    The analytical engine
    The analytical engineIn 1837 Charles Babbage invented the analytical engine

  • First computer algorithms

    First computer algorithms
    First computer algorithm In 1843, Ada Lovelance developed the first computer algorithms

  • The incompleteness theorem

    The incompleteness theorem
    The incompleteness theorem
    Kurt Gödel with his incompleteness theorem

  • Invention of the Turing machine

    Invention of the Turing machine
    Alan Turing presented the notion of a universal machine, later called the Turing machine, capable of computing anything that is computable. The central concept of the modern computer was based on his ideas

  • First programmable digital computer

    First programmable digital computer
    Konrad Zuse invented Z3 , the first programmable digital computer

  • The transistor´s invention

    The transistor´s invention
    William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain of Bell Laboratories invented the transistor. They discovered how to make an electric switch with solid
    materials and no need for a vacuum

  • Invention of the IBM computer

    Invention of the IBM computer
    The IBM computer was invented.

  • Invention of the integrated circuit

    Invention of the integrated circuit
    In the summer of 1958 Jack Kilby at Texas invented the integrated circuit. Our world is full of integrated circuits. You find several of them in computers.

  • the computer mouse

    the computer mouse
    the computer mouse
    In 1963 Douglas Engelbart invented the computer mouse

  • Production of Unix, an operating system

    Production of Unix, an operating system
    A group of developers at Bell Labs produced UNIX, an operating system, it became the operating system of choice among mainframes at large companies and government entities.

  • Intel unveils Intel 1103

    Intel unveils Intel 1103
    It was the first Dynamic Access Memory (DRAM) chip

  • Development of ethernet

    Development of ethernet
    Robert Metcalfe, a member of the research staff for Xerox, develops Ethernet for connecting multiple computers and other hardware.

  • windows 1.0

    windows 1.0
    windows 1.0In 1985, Microsoft realeased Windows 1.0

  • 1.2 millions TB of data.

    1.2 millions TB of data.
    Google estimates the Internet contained about 1.2 millions TB of data.