IT history: IT major inventions [2004-11-5] on IT development history of the most important technological inventions list of text information processing (Text String Processing) Telegraph 1844Transcontental Telegraph 1861Typewriter 1885 Linotype Typesetter 1888 Teletype 1920Telex 1948Electric Typewriter 1952Computer Line Printer 1965Electronic Type SetterSelectric Typewriter 1967Daisy Wheel Printer 1972Dot Matrix Printer 1978Laser Printer 1984InkJet Printer 1984PostScript Page Layout Language 1985 image processing (image processing) Photography 1840Mathew Brady Photos of Civil War 1861-1865Facsimile image Transmission 1871Electromechanical image Transmission (Nipkov Disk) 1895All Electronic image Transmission 1928Modern Black & White Television (RCA) 1936Consumer Color Photographic Film (Kodak) 1936Color Television Transmission (RCA) 1953Patent granted for See, Hear, Smell Helmet 1957Tape Recording of Television Signal (Ampex) 1958Color Ink Jet Printer 1986 Thermal Transfer Color Printer 1987 voice processing (sound processing) Mechanical Phonograph (edison) 1870TElePhone (Bell) 1876Transcontental Phone Service 1 914Commercial AM Radio Broadcast 1915Commercial FM Broadcast 1928Stereo FM Broadcast 1949LP Record 33-1 / 3 rpm 1952Home Tape Recorder 1956Compact Disk (digital recording) 1982Macintosh II with Digital Sound 1989Sound Blaster Digital Sound for PC 1989 Computation and Control (Computation and Control)
Governor for Steam Engine 1790Jacquard Loom 1802Hollerith Punched Cards 1890COLLSUS Code Breaking ComputerEINIAC Electronic Computer 1945General Useage of IBM Commercial Systems 1955Altair Computer / Microsoft Founded 1975Apple I Computer 1976IBM Personal Computer 1981Apple Macintosh 1984IBM PC AT 286 Computer 1985Intel 386 Based Systems 1988Intel 486 Based Systems 1992Mosaic Web BrouserApple Power PC 1993intel Pentium Systems 1994Netscape Web BrouserComputer History Year / Entercomputer History Inventors / InventionsComputer History Description of Event
1936
Konrad Zuse - Z1 Computerfirst Freely ProgramMable Computer.
1942
John Atanasoff & Clifford Berry ABC ComputerWho Was First in The Computing Biz IS Not ALWAYS AS Easy AS ABC.
1944
Howard Aiken & Grace Hopper Harvard Mark i Computerthe Harvard Mark 1 Computer.
1946
John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly Eniac 1 Computer20,000 Vacuum Tubes Later ...
1948
Frederic Williams & Tom Kilburn Manchester Baby Computer & The Williams Tubebaby and The Memories.
1947/48
John Bardeen, Walter Brattain & Wiliam Shockley The Transistorno, a Transistor Is Not a Computer, But this Invention Great Affected The History of Compute.
1951
John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly Univac ComputerFirst Commercial Computer & Able To Pick PRESIDENTIAL WINNERS.
1953
International Business Machines IBM 701 EDPM Computeribm Enters INTO 'The History of Computers'.
1954
John Backus & IBM Fortran Computer Programming Languagethe First Successful High Level Programming Language.
1958
Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce The Integrated CircuitotherWise Known As 'The Chip'
1962
Steve Russell & Mit SpaceWar Computer Gamethe First Computer Game Invented.1964
Douglas Engelbart Computer Mouse & Windowsnicknamed The Mouse Because The Tail Came Out the end.
1969
Arpanetthe Original Internet.
1970
Intel 1103 Computer Memorythe World's First Available Dynamic Ram Chip.
1971
Faggin, Hoff & Mazor Intel 4004 Computer MicroprocessORTHE FIRST Microprocessor.
1971
Alan Shugart & IBM The "Floppy" Disknicknamed The "Floppy" for ITS flexibility.
1973
Robert Metcalfe & Xerox The Ethernet Computer NetworkingNetworkingNetworking.
1974/75
Scelbi & Mark-8 Altair & IBM 5100 Computersthe First Consumer Computers.
1976/77
Apple I, II & TRS-80 & Commodore Pet Computersmore First Consumer Computes.
1978
Dan Bricklin & Bob Frankston Visicalc Spreadsheet Software Product That Pays for Itself in Two Weeks Is A SureFire Winner.
1979
Seymour Rubenstein & Rob Barnaby WordStar SoftwareWord Processors.
1981
IBM The IBM PC - Home ComputerFrom An "acorn" GROWS A Personal Computer Revolution
1981
Microsoft MS-DOS Computer Operating SystemFrom "Quick and dirty comes the Operating system of the century.
1983
Apple Lisa Computerthe First Home Computer With A Gui, Graphical User Interface.
1984
Apple Macintosh Computerthe More Affordable Home Computer with a gui.
1985
Microsoft WindowsMicrosoft Begins The Friendly War with apple.
