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History of Computer and Internet (The International Business Machines…
History of Computer and Internet
The International Business Machines Corporation was founded in 1911 with the purpose of advancing computer technology.
Microsoft was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Microsoft was founded as a computer and technology company.
Apple was founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne. It was founded as a technology and computer software company.
The Jacquard Loom was made in 1804 and it could weave complicated patterns.
The Turing machine was a mechanized algorithm invented in 1936 and it became the first calculator.
ENIAC was the first general purpose electronic computer and was invented in 1946.
COBOL, or Common Business Oriented Language, was invented in 1959 as the first computer language for data processing.
The integrated circuit was invented in 1959 by Robert Noyce and Jack Kilby. It was the first computer chip.
GUI was a platform that allowed users to communicate with computers with icons.
DRAM, or Dynamic Random-Access Memory, was the first form of information storage and processing used in computers. It was invented in 1967 by Robert Dennard.
Floppy disks were the first removable storage containers for computers. They were made of a magnetic medium encased in plastic and were invented in 1967 by Alan Shugart.
Ethernet was invented in 1973 by Bob Metcalfe. It was a plug in cable that connected computer devices to a local area network.
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J.V. Atanasoff and Clifford Berry invented the first electronic digital computer in the 1930s.