Computers

The History Of Computers

  • The Computer is Born

    The Computer is Born
    German Engineer Konrad Zuse creates the Z3 Computer. The Z3 was the first freely programmable computer.
  • The Harvard Mark-1

    The Harvard Mark-1
    The Harvard Mark-1 was designed and built by IBM. It was a relay based calculator and the size of an entire room.
  • The UNIVAC

    John Presper Eckert and his colleague, John W. Maulchy programmed the UNIVAC computer, which was the first commercial computer and had the ability to pick presidential winners.
  • RAM

    MIT creates the world's first computer with RAM and real-time graphics.
  • Spacewar

    Spacewar
    Steve Russell and MIT helped create Spacewar, the very first playable computer game.
  • Hewlett Packard

    Hewlett Packard
    In 1966, Hewlett Packard(HP) created the "HP-2115," its first general computer.
  • The IBM 5100

    The IBM 5100
    In September of 1975, the IBM 5100 was created. This was the first portable computer and weighed 55 lbs with 64 kb of RAM.
  • Lisa

    Lisa
    Apple creates the "Apple Lisa Computer," the first home computer with a graphic user interface(GUI).
  • World Wide Web

    On August 6, 1991, the World Wide Web waslaunched to the public. After one year of the the World Wide Web's existence, only about 50 World Wide Web Servers existed.
  • Computers Today

    Computers Today
    Today, the world of computers is completely diverse. World famous computer developers, such as Apple, Microsoft, Samsung and Toshiba have made many innovative new computer models with multiple colors, different sizes, and different capabilities, like having a touch screen or being a computer/tablet two-in-one.