Timeline Description: Computers are made up of many parts, and each one of them is a unique invention on its own. In this timeline we will take a look at many of these parts, and how they contributed to the computers we have today.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1936 | The First Computer The first freely programmable computer came into play. |
| 1947 | The transistor The transistor was invented by Bell Telephone Company. It wasn't a computer in itself'but it was a vital computer component. |
| 1953 | IBM International Business Machines came out with their first computer machine. |
| 1955 | Bank computers The first bank computers were invented. They used MICR'or magnetic ink character recognition'to read checks. |
| 1958 | The computer chip Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce invented the integrated circuit'better known as the computer chip. |
| 1962 | Video games Spacewar games invented the first computer video games. |
| 1963 | The mouse is invented Douglas Engelbart invented the computer mouse. He called it the mouse because the cord came out the back like a tail. |
| 1969 | The internet The first internet was called ARPANET. The original internet wasn't used very widely because not many people had access to it. |
| 1974-1977 | The first personal computers IBM and Apple were just a couple of the brands that put out the first personal computers. |
| 1975 | Microsoft is born Bill Gates worked with Paul Allen to develop BASIC for the Altair 8800. |
| 1989 | Microsoft expands Microsoft made a program that was compatible with IBM computers. This let more people come into contact with the now well-known program. |
| 1991 | The internet as we know it Tim Berners Less came up with the World Wide Web. He started a computer revolution. |
| 1991 | The laptop comes into play The first laptop computer'the Power Book 100'came out. There were other portable computers before this'but they were very clunky and expensive. |
| 1996 | World Wide Convention the first internet convention was held. |
| 1996 | Mini computers Nokia introduced a phone that had internet capabilities. This started a revolution of devices that were small'portable computers. |