History of computing: Timeline

Here we present a detailed timeline of events and milestones in the history of computing.

YEAR	Inventions and Discoveries
2400 BC	Abacus, the first known calculating device, was invented in Mesopotamia
500 BC	Indian mathematician Panini introduced the precursor to modern formal language theory
300 BC	Pingala invented the binary number system
87 BC	Antikythera put up Rhodes to track movement of stars
1614	John Napier invents a system of moveable roads (Napier’s Rods) based on logarithm which was able to multiply, divide and calculate square and cube roots
1623	Calculating Clock was invented by Wihelm Schickard
1642	Blaised Pascal invents a mechanical adding machines called Pascaline calculator
1822	Charles Babbage builds his first mechanical computer
1834	The Analytical Engine was invented by Charles Babbage
1835	Samuel Morse invented Morse code
1848	Boolean algebra is invented by George Boole
1896	Herman Hollerith begins the Tabulating Machines Company which later become IBM
1906	Lee De Forest invents the electronic tube
1911	IBM is formed on June 15, 19911
1937	Alan Turning developed develops the concepts of a theoretical computing machine
1939	John Vincent Atanasoff and Clifford Berry developed the ABC (Atanasoft-Berry Computer)
1945	John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly developed the ENISC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer)
1947	Douglas Engelbart replaced punched card with keyboard and screen display
1951	UNIVAC 1 (UNIVersal Automatic Computer 1) was introduced, the first commercial computer made in the United State. The EDVAC (Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer) began performing basics task
1955	Bell Labs introduced its first transistor computer
1957	Sputnik 1 and Sputnik 2 are launched by the Russians
1958	ARPA (Advanced Research Project Agency) and NASA is formed
1958	First integrated circuited, or silicon chip, is produced by US Jack Kibly and Robert Noyce
1964	IBM introduced the first word processor
1965	Andries van Dam and Ted Nelson coined the term “hypertext”
1967	IBM created the first floppy disk
1971	E-mails was invented by Ray Tomlison
1975	Altair produced the first portable computer
1976	Apple Computers was founded Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs
1981	IBM PC was born
1982	Commodore 64 became the best- selling computer of all time
1991	World Wide Web id launched to the public
1991	Linux was born
1993	Intel Pentium was released
1995	Java was introduced
1995	Window 95 was launched