The History of Computer Science

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  • The Turing machine

    Alan Turing created this machine, which is now referred as the Universal Turing Machine.

  • The transitor is invented at Bell Labs

    This invention transformed the computer and made possible the microprocessor revolution.

  • Douglas Engelbart invents the computer mouse

    This marks the evolution of the computer and made the more accessible to the general public.

  • DARPA, creates ARPAnet

    It is considerated a precursor to today's Internet.

  • IBM introduces its first MS-DOS Computer

    It has an Intel chip, two floppy disks and an optional color monitor.

  • The first computer algorithms

    Ada Lovelace was the designer of this algoritms.

  • Microsoft releases Windows 1.0

    Microsoft announces Windows, its response to Apple’s GUI.

  • HyperText Markup Language (HTML)

    Sir Tim Berners-Lee a researcher at CERN, develops HyperText Markup Language (HTML), giving rise to the World Wide Web.

  • Mosaic, later knwon as Netscape

    The first popular user-friendly Web browser.

  • Brain cells

    Scientists cultivated brain cells on a microchip- advansing neurochip technology.

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