Computer History: A Timeline
The purpose of this brief article is to provide a barebones timeline concerning computer history. In fact, this overview focuses on the computer history from their basic inception in 1936 to the advent of Microsoft Windows in the mid-1980s. This listing and overview is not attempting to be all-inclusive computer history. Rather, we attempt only to provide a basic timeline regarding the computer history and the development of the computer as we have come to know computers in this day and age.
1936 - the first freely programmable computer is designed.
1944 - the Harvard Mark One computer is designed.
1946 - the ENIAC One computer is invented relying on vacuum tube technology.
1948 - computer memory is designed and utilized for the first time.
1951 - the first computer to predict Presidential election winners is used.
1953 - IBM lands in the computer scene.
1954 - FORTRAN brought into use, the first high level programming language.
1962 - first computer game invented.
1964 - mouse invented
1969 - ARPAnet created (the original Internet).
1970 - first dynamic RAM chip available
1971 - first microprocessor brought into use.
1971 - the floppy disk hits the scene.
1973 - networking brought into use.
1974 - first consumer computers brought onto the market.
1976 - Apple Computer consumer products reach the general market.
1979 - word processors hit the market
1981 - home computers begin their march into the mainstream
1984 - Apple Macintosh makes home computers affordable
1985 - Microsoft Windows reaches the consumer.
Again, we do emphasize that this represents only a quick overview of computer history. The progression of the computer history, in reality, has not been made in a single line. Rather, there has been a great deal of back and forth and weaving around in computer history that have led us to where we are today in the 21st century.
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