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Timeline of Computing Innovations

Charles Babbage conceived of the first steam-driven calculating machine in 1822. Herman Hollerith designed the first punch card system to calculate the 1880 census in 1890. In 1937, J.V. Atanasoff attempted to build the first computer without gears, cams, belts or shafts. John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert built the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator at the University of Pennsylvania between 1943-1944, marking an important early computer. Grace Hopper developed the first computer language, COBOL, in 1953.

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Timeline of Computing Innovations

Charles Babbage conceived of the first steam-driven calculating machine in 1822. Herman Hollerith designed the first punch card system to calculate the 1880 census in 1890. In 1937, J.V. Atanasoff attempted to build the first computer without gears, cams, belts or shafts. John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert built the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator at the University of Pennsylvania between 1943-1944, marking an important early computer. Grace Hopper developed the first computer language, COBOL, in 1953.

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History of Computing

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1822: English
mathematician
Charles Babbage

1937: J.V. Atanasof,

conceives of a steam

attempts to build the first

driven calculating

computer wit

machine.

1937: J.V.
Atanasof,
attempts to build
the first computer
without gears,
cams, belts or
shafts.

1890: Herman

1890: Herman

Hollerith designs a

Hollerith designs a

punch card system to

punch card system to

calculate the 1880

calculate the 1880

census.

census.

1943-1944: Two University of


Pennsylvania professorsJohn
Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert
build the Electronic Numerical
Integrator and Calculator.

1941: Atanasoff and his graduate


student, Clifford Berry, design a
computer that
can solve 29 equations
simultaneously. This marks thefirst
time a computer is able to store
information on its main memory.

1953: Grace Hopper develops


the first computer language,

1946: Mauchly and


Presper leave the
University of
Pennsylvania and
receive funding from the
Census Bureau

1954: The
FORTRAN
programming
language is
born.

1964: Douglas
Engelbart
shows a
prototype
mouse and a
graphical user
interface (GUI).

1958: Jack
Kilby and
Robert
Noyce
unveil the
integrated
circuit.

1971: Alan Shugart,


IBM engineers who
invent the floppy
disk, allowing data to
be shared among
computers.

1970: the
first
Dynamic
Access
Memory
(DRAM)
chip.

1974-1977: A
number of
personal
computers hit
the market.

1973: Robert
Metcalfe,
develops
Ethernet for
connecting
multiple
computers and
other hardware.

The IBM 5100


becomes the first
commercially
available portable
computer.
1975

Radio Shack's
initial production
run of theTRS-80
was just 3,000.
1977

1976
Steve Jobs and
Steve Wozniak start
Apple Computers
and roll out the
Apple I.

Accountants rejoice at
the introduction of the
first computerized
spreadsheet program.
1978

1977
Jobs and Wozniak
incorporate Apple
and show the Apple
II at the first West

The first IBM


personal
computer is
introduced.
1981

1979
Word processing
becomes a reality
as MicroPro
International
releases
WordStar.

1983: Apples Lisa is the first


personal computer features a
drop-down menu and icons.

1985: The first dot-com


domain name is registered
on March 15

1985: Microsoft announces


Windows which features
advanced audio and video
capabilities.

1990: Tim Berners-Lee, develops


Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML)

1986: Compaq brings the Deskpro


386. Its 32-bit architecture provides
fast speed comparable to mainframes.

1994: PCs become


gaming machines as
Command & Conquer,
Alone in the Dark 2,
Theme Park, Magic
Carpet, Descent
andLittle Big
Adventureare

1993: The Pentium microprocessor,


use of graphics and music on PCs.

1999: The term WiFi becomes part of


the computing
language

1997: Microsoft invests $150


million in Apple

2000- mSony
realease the
PlayStation 2

2003- The first 64-bit


processor becomes
vailable to the
consumer market.

2001- Apple
unveils the Mac
OS X, Microsoft
rolls out
Windows XP.

2006- Apple
introduces the
MacBook Pro and
intendo Wii hits the
market.

2004- Mozilla's firefox


challenges Microsoft's
Internet Explorer

2010- Apple
unveils the ipad,
changing the way
consumers view
media.

2007- The
iPhone brings
many functions
to the
smartphone.

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