Here we present a detailed timeline of events and milestones in the history of computing.
YEAR | Inventions and Discoveries |
2400 BC | Abacus, the first known calculating device, was invented in Mesopotamia |
500 BC | Indian mathematician Panini introduced the precursor to modern formal language theory |
300 BC | Pingala invented the binary number system |
87 BC | Antikythera put up Rhodes to track movement of stars |
1614 | John Napier invents a system of moveable roads (Napier�s Rods) based on logarithm which was able to multiply, divide and calculate square and cube roots |
1623 | Calculating Clock was invented by Wihelm Schickard |
1642 | Blaised Pascal invents a mechanical adding machines called Pascaline calculator |
1822 | Charles Babbage builds his first mechanical computer |
1834 | The Analytical Engine was invented by Charles Babbage |
1835 | Samuel Morse invented Morse code |
1848 | Boolean algebra is invented by George Boole |
1896 | Herman Hollerith begins the Tabulating Machines Company which later become IBM |
1906 | Lee De Forest invents the electronic tube |
1911 | IBM is formed on June 15, 19911 |
1937 | Alan Turning developed develops the concepts of a theoretical computing machine |
1939 | John Vincent Atanasoff and Clifford Berry developed the ABC (Atanasoft-Berry Computer) |
1945 | John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly developed the ENISC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) |
1947 | Douglas Engelbart replaced punched card with keyboard and screen display |
1951 | UNIVAC 1 (UNIVersal Automatic Computer 1) was introduced, the first commercial computer made in the United State. The EDVAC (Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer) began performing basics task |
1955 | Bell Labs introduced its first transistor computer |
1957 | Sputnik 1 and Sputnik 2 are launched by the Russians |
1958 | ARPA (Advanced Research Project Agency) and NASA is formed |
1958 | First integrated circuited, or silicon chip, is produced by US Jack Kibly and Robert Noyce |
1964 | IBM introduced the first word processor |
1965 | Andries van Dam and Ted Nelson coined the term �hypertext� |
1967 | IBM created the first floppy disk |
1971 | E-mails was invented by Ray Tomlison |
1975 | Altair produced the first portable computer |
1976 | Apple Computers was founded Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs |
1981 | IBM PC was born |
1982 | Commodore 64 became the best- selling computer of all time |
1991 | World Wide Web id launched to the public |
1991 | Linux was born |
1993 | Intel Pentium was released |
1995 | Java was introduced |
1995 | Window 95 was launched |
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