Computers Timeline By jafosmo Period: Jan 1, 1790 to Feb 2, 2016 Computer Pioneer's Time line Dec 26, 1791 Charles Babbage Babbage’s Difference Engine No.1 was the first successful automatic calculator and remains one of the finest examples of precision engineering of the time. Babbage is sometimes referred to as "father of computing." Dec 10, 1815 Ada Lovelace Ada Lovelace was mathematician and is considered to have written instructions for the first computer program in the mid-1800s. Jan 1, 1883 Edith Clarke Pioneering female electrical engineer Edith Clarke invented a graphical calculator that greatly simplified the calculations necessary to determine the electrical characteristics of long electrical transmission lines. Oct 4, 1903 John Atanasoff John Vincent Atanasoff is known as the father of the computer. With the help of one of his students Clifford E. Berry, in Iowa State College, during the 1940s, he created the ABC (Atanasoff-Berry Computer) that was the first electronic digital computer. Apr 30, 1904 George Stibitz While working at Bell Labs, mathematician George Stibitz experimented with relays at home. He developed a circuit to add binary numbers, which led to a relay-based computer. Jul 16, 1906 Reynold Johnson Reynold B. Johnson, a prolific inventor best known for creating the world's first commercial computer disk drive. Jun 1, 1912 Alan Turning Alan Turing and colleagues working on the Ferranti Mark I Computer, 1951. Mar 8, 1922 Ralph Baer Ralph Baer invented and patented the first home video game system Jan 1, 1934 Leonard Kleinrock Dr. Leonard Kleinrock pioneered the mathematical theory of packet networks, the technology underpinning the Internet Jun 23, 1937 Philip Estridge Philip Estridge in 1981 launched the IBM PC. Mar 6, 1939 Adam Osborne ADAM OSBORNE. PC Inventor. May 17, 1940 Alan Kay Alan Kay, is one of the earliest pioneers of object-oriented programming, Feb 5, 1943 Nolan Bushnell As the inventor of Pong, Nolan Bushnell is considered by many to be the "father of electronic gaming." Jun 22, 1950 Konrad Zuse Konrad Zuse builds Z1, world's first program-controlled computer. Aug 11, 1950 Steve Wozniak Steve Wozniak is an American computer scientist best known as one of the founders of Apple and the inventor of the Apple II computer
