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  Darpa creates ARPAnet, the first operational computer network and ancestor of the internet.
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  Alan Turing invents the Turing Machines.
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  Konrad Zuse inventa Z3, the first programmable digital computer.
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  The transistor is invented at Bell Labs.
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  Douglas Engelbart invents the computer mouse.
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  The first personal computer is sold.
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  Designed the Apple, a single-board computer for hobbyists.
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  IBM introduces its first MS-DOS computer.
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  Microsoft releases Windows 1-0
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  Sir Tia Berners-Lee of CERN invents the WorldWideWeb.
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  Marc Andresson created Mosaic, later known as Netscape, the first popular, user-friendly Web browser.