The History of Computing

By EllSee12

  • Konrad Zuse

    Konrad Zuse
    First freely programmable computer.

  • Howard Aiken & Grace Hopper

    Howard Aiken & Grace Hopper
    The Harvard Mark 1 computer.

  • John Bardeen, Walter Brattain & Wiliam Shockley

    John Bardeen, Walter Brattain & Wiliam Shockley
    No, a transistor is not a computer, but this invention greatly affected the history of computers.

  • John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly

    John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly
    First commercial computer & able to pick presidential winners.

  • International Business Machines

    IBM enters into 'The History of Computers'.

  • John Backus & IBM

    The first successful high level programming language.

  • Stanford Research Institute, Bank of America, and General Electric

    Stanford Research Institute, Bank of America, and General Electric
    The first bank industry computer - also MICR (magnetic ink character recognition) for reading checks.

  • Steve Russell & MIT

    The first computer game invented.

  • Douglas Engelbart

    Douglas Engelbart
    The mouse got its name because the tail came out of the end.

  • ARPAnet

    The original internet.

  • Intel 1103 Computer Memory

    The world's first available dynamic RAM chip.

  • Robert Metcalfe & Xerox

    Networking.

  • Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair & IBM 5100 Computers

    Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair & IBM 5100 Computers
    The first consumer computers.

  • Seymour Rubenstein & Rob Barnaby

    Word Processors.

  • Apple Lisa Computer

    Apple Lisa Computer
    The first home computer with a GUI, graphical user interface.