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History of Computing Technology Timeline

The document outlines the timeline of computing technology from pre-mechanical systems around 3000 B.C. to the present day, highlighting key inventions and milestones such as the invention of the number 0 by the Mayans, the development of mechanical computers by Blaise Pascal and Charles Babbage, and the creation of the first digital computers like ENIAC. It further categorizes advancements into generations, detailing significant developments in each era, including the rise of microprocessors and artificial intelligence. The timeline emphasizes the evolution of communication technologies alongside computing advancements.

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History of Computing Technology Timeline

The document outlines the timeline of computing technology from pre-mechanical systems around 3000 B.C. to the present day, highlighting key inventions and milestones such as the invention of the number 0 by the Mayans, the development of mechanical computers by Blaise Pascal and Charles Babbage, and the creation of the first digital computers like ENIAC. It further categorizes advancements into generations, detailing significant developments in each era, including the rise of microprocessors and artificial intelligence. The timeline emphasizes the evolution of communication technologies alongside computing advancements.

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Timeline:

-​ Pre mechanical
+ 100 A.D.
+people from India
+ the first numbering systems. Was when the first 1-9 system

+ 3000B.C. and 1450A.D.


+humans first started communicating they would try to use language or simple picture drawings
+known as petroglyphs which were usually carved in rock. Early alphabets were developed
such as the Phoenician alphabet.

+875A.D. (775 years later)


+the Mayans
+the number 0 was invented.

-​ Mechanical
+1450 and 1840
+Blaise Pascal
+Technologies like the slide rule (an analog computer used for multiplying and dividing) were
invented.

+1642
+Blaise Pascal
+invented the Pascaline which was a very popular mechanical computer.

+1822
+Charles Babbage
+ developed the difference engine which tabulated polynomial equations using the method of
finite differences.

-​ Electromechanical
+ 1800s
+professor Samuel Morse
+telegraph was created

+1835
+Samuel Morse
+Morse code was created
+1840 and 1940
+People during this era
+ These are the beginnings of telecommunication.

+ 1876
+Alexander Graham Bell
+The telephone (one of the most popular forms of communication ever)

+1894
+Guglielmo Marconi
+The first radio developed

+ 1940
+created by Harvard University
+The first large-scale automatic digital computer in the United States was the Mark 1

-​ Electronic
The electronic age is what we currently live in. It can be defined as the time between 1940 and
right now

+1943 and 1945


+ physics professor John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert of the University of Pennsylvania, U.S.
+ENIAC was the first high-speed, digital computer capable of being reprogrammed to solve a
full range of computing problems.

-​ 1st Generation 1946 to 1958


+ ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer)
+1946
+John W. Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert

+ EDSAC (Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator)


+ 1949
+ Maurice Wilkes and his team

+ UNIVAC 1101, also known as the ERA 1101


+ 1950
+ Howard Aiken and Grace Hopper

+ UNIVAC I (Universal Automatic Computer I)


+ 1951
+ J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly
+ UNIVAC I (Universal Automatic Computer I)
+ 1958
+ J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly

-​ 2nd Generation 1959 to 1964

+RCA 501
+1954
+Vladimir Zworykin and J. Presper Eckert

+Philco Transac S-2000


+1957
+ Samuel H. Caldwell(Philco)

+NCR 300 series


+1950s and early 1960s
+the National Cash Register Company (NCR)

+IBM 7030 Stretch


+1961
+designed by a team led by Gene Amdahl

+UNIVAC III
+1962
+Remington Rand, was designed by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly, the same team
behind the original UNIVAC

-​ 3rd Generation 1965 to 1970

+Burroughs B5000
+1961
+developed by Burroughs Corporation

+IBM System/360
+1964
+Developed by IBM, was designed by a team led by Gene Amdahl

+HP 2100
+1966
developed by Hewlett-Packard
+Data General Nova
+1969
+developed by Data General Corporation, designed by a team led by Edson de Castro

+DEC PDP-11
+1970
+developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), was designed by a team at DEC

-​ 4th Generation 1971 to Today


+ 1971 to today
+microprocessor
+Italian engineer Federico Faggin, American engineers Marcian Hoff and Stanley Mazor, and
Japanese engineer Masatoshi Shima.

+1971 to today
+ Douglas Engelbart
+development of GUIs, the mouse and handheld devices.

-​ 5th Generation Today to future

+Use Today to future


+Alan Turing
+ Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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