Time line of computers

By thalsey
  • Enigma

    Enigma

    This was the first incription device. This changed the way we looked at computers
  • Howard Aiken & Grace Hopper

    Howard Aiken & Grace Hopper

    They build the MARK series of computers for Havard. This gave schools faster somputers.
  • ENIAC

    ENIAC

    John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly: John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly develop the ENIAC ( Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer). Helps people figure thngs out faster.
  • F.C. Williams

    F.C. Williams

    F.C. Williams develops his cathode-ray tube (CRT) storing device the forerunner to random-access memory (RAM)
  • Donald Watts

    Donald Watts

    Donald Watts Davies joins Alan Turing to build the fastest digital computer in England at the time, the Pilot ACE
  • Andrew Donald Booth

    Andrew Donald Booth

    Andrew Donald Booth invents magnetic drum memory
  • Howard Aiken

    Howard Aiken

    Howard Aiken develops the Harvard-MARK III
  • Claude Shannon

    Claude Shannon

    Claude Shannon builds the first machine that plays chess
  • Pilot ACE

    Pilot ACE

    Donald Watts Davies joins Alan Turing to build the fastest digital computer in England at the time, the Pilot ACE
  • John Backus

    John Backus

    John Backus & IBM develop the FORTRAN Computer Programming Language