Timeline of computing presents events in the history of computing organized by year and grouped into six topic areas: predictions and concepts, first use and inventions, hardware systems and processors, operating systems, programming languages, and new application areas.
Detailed computing timelines:
before 1950,
1950–1979,
1980–1989,
1990–1999,
2000–2009,
2010–2019,
2020–present
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Graphical timeline
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History of compiler construction
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History of computing hardware
The history of computing hardware spans the developments from early devices used for simple calculations to today's complex computers, encompassing advancements in both analog and digital technology.
The first aids to computation were purely mec ...
– up to third generation (1960s)
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History of computing hardware (1960s–present)
The history of computing hardware starting at 1960 is marked by the conversion from vacuum tube to solid-state electronics, solid-state devices such as transistors and then integrated circuit (IC) chips. Around 1953 to 1959, discrete transistors ...
– third generation and later
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History of the graphical user interface
The history of the graphical user interface, understood as the use of graphic icon (computing), icons and a pointing device to control a computer, covers a five-decade span of incremental refinements, built on some constant core principles. Sev ...
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History of the Internet
The history of the Internet originated in the efforts of scientists and engineers to build and interconnect computer networks. The Internet protocol suite, Internet Protocol Suite, the set of rules used to communicate between networks and devi ...
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History of the World Wide Web
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List of pioneers in computer science
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Timeline of electrical and electronic engineering
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Microprocessor chronology
1970s
The first chips that could be considered microprocessors were designed and manufactured in the late 1960s and early 1970s, including the MP944 used in the Grumman F-14 . Intel's 4004 of 1971 is widely regarded as the first commercial mic ...
Resources
* Stephen White
''A Brief History of Computing''''The Computer History in time and space, Graphing Project'' an attempt to build a graphical image of computer history, in particular
operating system
An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common daemon (computing), services for computer programs.
Time-sharing operating systems scheduler (computing), schedule tasks for ...
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External links
Visual History of Computing1944-2013 (archived)
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Digital Revolution