Timeline of computing

Timeline of computing presents events in the history of computing organized by year and grouped into six topic areas: predictions and concepts, first use and inventions, hardware systems and processors, operating systems, programming languages, and new application areas. More detailed timelines are listed toward the end of the article.

Graphical timeline

See also

• History of compiler construction
• History of computing hardware – up to third generation (1960s)
• History of computing hardware (1960s–present) – third generation and later
• History of the graphical user interface
• History of the Internet

Resources

• Stephen White, A Brief History of Computing, an excellent computer history site; the above is a modified version of his timeline, used with permission.
• The Computer History in time and space, Graphing Project, an attempt to build a graphical image of computer history, in particular operating systems.
• The Computer Revolution/Timeline at Wikibooks

External links

• Visual History of Computing
• Computing History Timeline