Philosophy of Computer Science
A Very Brief History of Computers
Last Update: 5 November 2013, 10:58
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For a more detailed history, see the PDF document
"Timeline of Computing History",
Computer 29(10) (1996): TL1-TL34.
See also:
Herman, John (2012),
"When Tech Was Just ‘Tech’",
BuzzFeed FWD (28 March).
- 1832
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Charles Babbage,
Analytical Engine (programmable, never built);
Ada Byron Lovelace, first computer programmer
- 1936
- Alan
Turing develops what is now known as the Turing-machine model of
computation.
- 1940
- John Atanasoff &
Clifford Berry: ABC electronic computer
(not programmable)
- 1942
- The Colossus computer helps the British crack German codes;
Turing works on this project
- 1946
- John Presper Eckert &
John W. Mauchly:
ENIAC (Electronic
Numerical Integrator and Calculator)
first fully electronic programmable computer
- 1950
- UNIVAC (descendant of ENIAC) does US census;
first commercially marketed computer
- 1952
-
UNIVAC predicts, on live TV, that Eisenhower will win
presidential election
- 1953
- IBM 701 on sale
- 1975
- first personal computer (Altair; build-it-yourself)
- 1977
- Apple II
- 1981
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IBM PC
- 1984
- Macintosh
- late 1980s
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Internet (network of networks)
- 1991
- World-Wide Web
- 1993
- first major Web browser (Mosaic)
- 1997
-
17% of world population uses Internet
-
2007
- Apple launches iPhone
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2010
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Apple launches iPad
-
2012
- 34% of world population uses Internet
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William J. Rapaport
(rapaport@buffalo.edu)
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