Computer History Project

By Aforte7
  • First Digital Computer Invented

    First Digital Computer Invented
    The Atanasoff-Berry Computer was the first digital computer invented. It was not programmable but was used to solve linear equations. The computer was invented by John Vincent Atanasoff.
  • First computer Company starts up

    First computer Company starts up
    The first computer company was called Electric control Company but later changed to The Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation. It was founded by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly who wore the inventors of the ENIAC. In this company they created a bunch of mainframe computers.
  • First Video Game Invented

    First Video Game Invented
    WikipediaThe first video game invented was the Cathode Ray Tube Aumusment Device. It was a missle simulator using a rador. And was invented by Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann.
  • The First commercial computer invented.

    It was called the UNIVAC I, which stood for UNIVersal Automatic Computer I. It was invented by the same people who invented the ENIAC, J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly. The computer was able to help pick presidential winners.
  • First mini computer invented

    First mini computer invented
    It was called the PDP-1 and was the first effective, elegant mini-computer. The computer was built to support certain input/output functions; the card-to-tape and the inverse, tape-to-printer and tape-to-film functions. It was built by the digital equipment corporation.
  • The first internet invented

    The first internet invented
    The first internet was called ARPAnet and stands for Advanced Research Projects Agency. It was mostly used for military use. The designs were designed by Donald Davies and Lawrence Roberts.
  • The Invention of the Ethernet

    The Invention of the Ethernet
    The ethernet is a system for connecting computers within a building using hardware running from machine to machine. The inventor of this was Robert Metcalfe.
  • First apple computer released

    First apple computer released
    The apple 1 was the first apple computer released. It was invented by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs. The computer was the first to have a sibngle circuit board in a computer.
  • The first truly portable computer or laptop invented

    The first truly portable computer or laptop invented
    The first laptop was named Osborne I. It weighed 24.5 pounds, included a modem and cost 179 dollars. It was invented by Adam Osborne.
  • Microsoft Windows released

    Microsoft Windows released
    Microsoft windows was built to compete against Apple. It is a graphical interface operating system. They have had many different versions are up to Windows 7.
  • Internet Explorer debut's

    Internet Explorer debut's
    The devolping of internet explorer began in 1994 with the inventor Thomas Reardon. He used source code from Spyglass in order to get it to work. The first version was called Internet Explorer I.
  • Nintendo 64 released

    Nintendo 64 released
    Was one of the first video game consoles invented. Had many different games such as super mario or sonic. It is not made anymore.
  • The Sims released on PC

    The Sims released on PC
    The game is published by EA. It would go on to be the highest selling Pc game in history. It is a life-simulating game. Devolped by Maxis and lead designer was Will Wright.
  • The domain wikipedia.org comes online

    The domain wikipedia.org comes online
    It was launched by by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger. All artickles on wikipedia can mostly be edited by anyone but moast of the infomation is correct. Wikipedia receives 2.7 billion monthly pageviews, which is a lot.
  • iPhone 4 released

    iPhone 4 released
    The fourth iPhone comes out, with a new body style over all the other ones. Runs on the IOS system like all the others. Made by apple like all the others.