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| 26th December | Charles Babbage is Born |
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| 10th December | Ada, Lady Lovelace, is Born |
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1833 [Detail]
| 5th June | Ada Lovelace Meets Charles Babbage |
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| December 1837 | Charles Babbage published a paper describing a mechanical computer that is now known as the Analytical Engine |
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| 29th February | Herman Hollerith was born 29th February 1860 |
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| 17th February | Thomas J. Watson Sr. is born |
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| 1887 | Introduction of the Comptometer by Felt & Tarrant Co |
| 11th October | Dorr E. Felt was granted a patent for the Comptometer. |
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| 1888 | Introduction of its adder-lister by William Seward Burroughs |
| 21st January | Babbage's Analytical Engine Operates For The First Time |
| 21st August | Burroughs Receives Patent for Calculating Machine |
1889 [Detail]
| 8th January | Herman Hollerith lodges patent for Punch Card technology |
| 23rd September | Nintendo is founded |
1890 [Detail]
1901 [Detail]
| 10th September | Herman Hollerith patents Apparatus For Punching Record Cards |
1906 [Detail]
| 9th December | Computer Pioneer Grace Hopper is Born |
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1923 [Detail]
| 8th November | Integrated Circuit Co-Inventor Jack Kilby is Born |
1924 [Detail]
| 14th February | CTR becomes IBM |
1925 [Detail]
| 1925 | first patent for a transistor in Canada lodged |
| January 1925 | Douglas Engelbart is Born |
| 28th September | Supercomputer Pioneer Seymour Cray is Born |
1928 [Detail]
| 1928 | Introduction of 80-columns card format |
| 13th December | Jack Tramiel is Born |
1929 [Detail]
| 17th November | Herman Hollerith Died |
1934 [Detail]
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1937 [Detail]
| 1937 | The Atanasoff–Berry Computer first conceived |
| 12th November | Alan Turing Defines the Universal Machine |
| 12th November | ILLIAC IV Designer Slotnick is born |
1938 [Detail]
1939 [Detail]
| 1st January | Hewlett Packard Founded |
1941 [Detail]
| 12th May | Zuse Z3 machine completed |
1942 [Detail]
1943 [Detail]
| 1943 | The First Computing Journal |
| 10th April | Work begins on ENIAC |
| December 1943 | The Colossus Mark 1 computer is delivered to Bletchley Park |
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1946 [Detail]
| 1946 | ENIAC, short for Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer was announced |
| 4th February | ENIAC Unveiled |
| 19th February | Alan Turing Proposal For 'ACE' Automatic Computing Engine |
| 11th December | Frederick Williams Receives Patent for RAM device |
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| 1948 | IBM's Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator was built |
| 21st June | The Manchester Baby, the world's first stored program computer, ran its first program |
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1951 [Detail]
| 1951 | LEO I computer became operational |
| 1951 | UNIVAC-1 goes online |
| February 1951 | Ferranti Mark 1 delivered to Manchester University |
1952 [Detail]
| 1952 | Heinz Nixdorf founded Nixdorf Computer |
| 1952 | Grace Hopper completes the A-0 Compiler |
| 4th November | CBS News Uses UNIVAC Computer to Predict Election |
1953 [Detail]
| 1953 | Jay Forrester installed magnetic core memory at MIT |
| 21st January | Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft Corporation, was born |
| 2nd July | IBM announces the Model 650 computer |
1954 [Detail]
| 1954 | Jack Tramiel starts Commodore |
| 20th September | First FORTRAN Program Runs |
| 1st October | IBM Announces Model 705 Computer |
1955 [Detail]
| 24th February | Apple Co-Founder Steve Jobs is Born |
| 28th October | Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft Corporation, was born |
1956 [Detail]
| 1956 | IBM brings out the Magnetic Disk Memory |
| 28th February | Jay Forrester Receives Patent on "Core" Memory |
| March 1956 | Pegasus, produced by Ferranti Ltd., went into service in March 1956 |
| 4th March | Wang Sells Core Memory Patent to IBM |
| 4th July | First keyboard used to input data |
| 13th September | IBM introduces the IBM 350 |
1957 [Detail]
| 1957 | Ferranti Mercury Introduced |
| 1957 | FORTRAN-1 is formally published |
| 1957 | DEC is founded |
| May 1957 | LEO II Installed |
| 14th October | BCS - British Computer Society is Founded |
1958 [Detail]
| 12th September | Jack Kilby created the first integrated circuit |
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1962 [Detail]
| 1962 | "Music from Mathematics" LP was created using an IBM 7090 computer |
| 1962 | The first commercial Modem manufactured |
| 7th December | The Manchester Atlas was inaugurated |
1963 [Detail]
| 1963 | Douglas Engelbart Invents the Mouse |
| 1963 | First edition of the ASCII standard was published. |
| 1963 | Theodore H (Ted) Nelson coins the word Hypertext |
1964 [Detail]
| 1964 | Graphic tablet developed |
| 1964 | Introduction of CDC 6600 |
| 1964 | BASIC language developed |
| 7th April | IBM releases the System 360 range of commercial computers |
| 1st May | First operation of BASIC |
| October 1964 | First operation of Ferranti Atlas |
| December 1964 | Introduction of DEC PDP-7 18-bits minicomputer |
1965 [Detail]
| 1965 | Introduction of Wang 300 electronic calculator |
| 1965 | DEC unveils the PDP-8, |
| 1965 | Moore's Law coined |
| 1965 | Commodore Business Machines (CBM) is founded. |
1966 [Detail]
| 1966 | The hand-held pocket calculator was invented at Texas Instruments in 1966 |
| August 1966 | Introduction of DEC PDP-9 |
1967 [Detail]
| 1967 | Elliott Automation merged with English Electric |
| 27th June | Barclays Bank in the UK claims to have installed the first cash dispenser |
| September 1967 | Introduction of DEC PDP-10 |
1968 [Detail]
| 1968 | Introduction of HP-9100 desk calculator |
| 1968 | T J Watson & IBM granted patent for the DRAM |
| February 1968 | IBM tests a 8in floppy disc |
| 18th July | Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore found Intel Corporation |
| 3rd December | CDC Introduces the 7600 Supercomputer |
| 21st December | Integrated Circuits First Used in Apollo Moon shot |
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1970 [Detail]
| 1970 | UNIX is developed |
| 12th February | 5200 computers installed in Britain |
| June 1970 | Xerox opens the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) |
| 11th June | Computer terminals in homes predicted for 1980 |
| 16th July | DEC introduces the PDP-8/E |
| 17th September | Open University to install ICL 32K 1902A computer |
| 1st October | IBM 370/145 introduced |
| 12th November | Univac 1110 is introduced |
1971 [Detail]
| 1971 | First Network Email sent by Ray Tomlinson |
| 27th May | Burroughs introduces L500 Visible Record Model |
| 8th July | IBM's Thomas J Watson retires |
| 8th July | Olivetti launches P602 "minicomputer" |
| 9th September | Decsystem 10 introduced |
| 7th October | Nixdorf merge with AEG-Telefunken |
| 14th October | DEC launches Giant Mini PDP-11/45 |
| 15th November | Intel Launches the First Microprocessor - The 4004 |
| 15th November | Intel Introduces the World's First EPROM |
| 25th November | DEC launches PDP-11/03 |
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1974 [Detail]
| 1974 | The Z-80, 8 bit processor is designed by Zilog Corp |
| 1974 | Xerox Palo Alto Research Center designed the Alto |
| April 1974 | introduction of Intel 8080 2MHz microprocessor |
| 16th May | NCR 250-6000 |
| 6th June | GA LSI 12/16 and LSI16 |
| 13th June | Philips P852M |
| August 1974 | MITS completes the first prototype Altair 8800 microcomputer |
1975 [Detail]
| 1975 | Paul Allen and Bill Gates launch Altair BASIC |
| 1975 | CP/M operating system finished |
| 1st January | MITS Altair launched on the cover of Popular Electronics magazine |
| July 1975 | Bill Gates and Paul Allen sign a licensing agreement with MITS |
| August 1975 | Cray 1A announced |
| 15th September | Microsoft Founded |
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1978 [Detail]
| 1978 | VisiCalc Spreadsheet is born |
| 1978 | Texas Instruments introduced Speak & Spell |
| 5th December | Acorn Computers Ltd formed in Cambridge, UK |
1979 [Detail]
| 1st January | Microsoft moves from Albuquerque, New Mexico to Bellevue, Washington |
| April 1979 | Acorn System 1 Launched |
| 11th May | VisiCalc introduced |
| June 1979 | Apple II+ Launched |
1980 [Detail]
| 1980 | Acorn Atom Launched |
| 29th January | Sinclair ZX80 Launched |
| June 1980 | The Apple /// was announced |
| 6th November | Microsoft Signs Contract with IBM to Create Operating System |
| 12th December | Apple Computer’s Initial Share Offering |
1981 [Detail]
| 1981 | The first ‘portable’ computer is launched |
| 1981 | Space Shuttle uses Intel 8086 and RCA 1802 |
| 1981 | Acorn BBC Micro Launched |
| March 1981 | Introduction of Osborne portable computer in a suitcase |
| 5th March | Sinclair ZX81 Computer Launched |
| 12th April | HP-41 calculator Used In Space Shuttle |
| May 1981 | VIC-20 Released in Europe & US |
| June 1981 | Texas Instruments release the TI99/4A in the USA |
| 25th June | Microsoft incorporates |
| 12th August | IBM introduces personal computer with Microsoft's 16-bit operating system, MS-DOS 1.0 |
| 13th August | IBM announced that it was launching a personal computer using an Intel 8088 |
1982 [Detail]
| 1982 | Paul Allen leaves Microsoft due to Ill Health |
| 1982 | Introduction of Cray X-MP supercomputer |
| 1982 | Japanese Government Sets Out its 'Fifth Generation' Project |
| 1st February | Introduction of Intel 80286 at 6 MHz, with 134,000 transistors |
| 23rd April | Sinclair ZX Spectrum Launched |
| August 1982 | Commodore 64 Released |
| August 1982 | Dragon 32 Released |
1983 [Detail]
| 1983 | Tangerine release the Oric 1 |
| 1983 | UK Government Launches the Alvey Programme |
| January 1983 | Introduction of spreadsheet program 1-2-3 by Lotus, |
| 19th January | Apple Lisa Launched |
| 2nd May | Microsoft Introduced 2-button Mouse |
| 15th July | The famicom is released in Japan |
| 10th November | Microsoft Introduces Windows |
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1985 [Detail]
| 1985 | First Commodore Amiga Released |
| 20th February | Olivetti buy 49% of Acorn Computers |
| 26th April | First ARM Processor Powered Up |
| 24th September | Steve Jobs founds NeXT Computers Inc. |
| October 1985 | Introduction of Intel 386 |
| 20th November | Microsoft Windows Launched |
| 4th December | Cray X-MP Supercomputer Begins Operation |
1986 [Detail]
| 1986 | Nintendo NES released |
| 1986 | First PC virus is released with "Brain" |
| January 1986 | Apple Macintosh Plus launched |
| February 1986 | Acorn BBC Master Launched |
| 26th February | Microsoft moves to corporate campus in Redmond, Washington |
| 13th March | Microsoft stock goes public |
| September 1986 | Acorn BBC Master Compact Launched |
1987 [Detail]
| 1987 | Commodore release the Amiga 500 and the Amiga 2000 |
| March 1987 | Macintosh II released |
| 9th December | Windows 2.0 was launched |
1988 [Detail]
| 1988 | RISC OS is released |
| 1988 | The first worm experience appears |
| 8th August | Unisys takes over Convergent Technologies |
| 30th September | IBM announces 3 millionth PS/2 personal computer |
1989 [Detail]
| 1989 | Tim Berners-Lee toyed with the idea of web pages and hyperlinks |
| January 1989 | Apple introduces the Macintosh SE/30 |
| September 1989 | Apple Macintosh Portable Released |
1990 [Detail]
| 1990 | Introduction of IBM RS/6000 |
| 1990 | Hubble Space Telescope uses 386 processor |
| 1990 | Commodore releases the Amiga 3000 |
| 22nd May | Microsoft launches Windows 3.0 |
| September 1990 | Sega Launched the Megadrive Console in Europe |
1991 [Detail]
| 1991 | Linus Torvalds from Finland releases Linux version 0.02 |
| February 1991 | Silicon & Synapse founded |
| 1st February | Sun Microsystems Starts Java Technology |
| 28th August | First E-mail From Space Is Sent from a Mac Portable |
| October 1991 | Apple releases the PowerBook 100 |
1992 [Detail]
| 1992 | Internet freed from Government control |
| 1992 | Commodore releases the the Amiga 500+ |
| 6th April | Microsoft Releases Windows 3.1 |
1993 [Detail]
| 1993 | Commodore released the CD32 Game Console |
| 1993 | Foundation of Nvidia |
| 19th January | IBM announces a loss of $4.97m for 1992 |
| 22nd March | Intel Ships "Pentium" Chip" |
| August 1993 | Apple Newton Message Pad announced |
| 3rd August | Introduction of Apple Newton PDA |
| 27th August | Compaq Introduces Presario |
1994 [Detail]
| 1994 | Netscape Communications Corporation is founded |
| January 1994 | Yahoo founded January 1994 |
| April 1994 | Silicon & Synapse changes its name to Blizzard Entertainment |
| 16th April | Acorn RISC PC Launched |
1995 [Detail]
| 1995 | Nvidia's NV1 launched |
| 24th August | Microsoft launches Windows 95 |
| 29th September | Sony Playstation Launches in Europe |
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1997 [Detail]
| 1997 | zon.com, an online bookseller, goes public |
| 3rd May | IBM's Deep Blue Beats Gary Kasparov at Chess |
| 2nd September | IBM announces RS/6000 SP Deep Blue |
1998 [Detail]
| May 1998 | Introduction of Apple iMac |
| 25th June | Microsoft launches Windows 98 |
| August 1998 | Apple Release the iMac |
| September 1998 | Foundation of Google by Larry Page and Sergey Brin |
1999 [Detail]
| 1999 | Napster the first file sharing program introduced |
| 1999 | The Millennium bug is taken seriously |
| 11th October | Nvidia releases GeForce 256 |
2000 [Detail]
| 17th February | Microsoft launches Windows 2000 |
| 1st June | Intel ES7000 server from Unisys introduced |
| 24th November | Playstation 2 Released in Europe |
2001 [Detail]
| 17th October | Apple Launches a New Music Device - The iPod |
| 25th October | Microsoft Releases Windows XP |
| 2nd December | World Computer Literacy Day |
2002 [Detail]
| 7th November | Microsoft and partners launch Tablet PC |
2003 [Detail]
| 24th April | Microsoft launches Windows Server 2003 |
2004 [Detail]
| 1st April | Google Announces Gmail |
| 20th July | Microsoft returns $75 billion to shareholders |
| 20th October | First Ubuntu Linux operating system Released |
| 9th November | Firefox 1.0 Introduced |
2005 [Detail]
2006 [Detail]
2007 [Detail]
| 2007 | iPhone introduced |
| 30th January | Microsoft launches Windows Vista and Office 2007 |
2008 [Detail]
| 2008 | The HD player war comes to an end |
| 26th August | Virus Found On Computer In Space Station |
| 22nd October | Android operating system released |
2009 [Detail]
2010 [Detail]
| 20th February | First Tweet sent to Twitter on VIC-20 |
| 26th May | Apple Surpasses Microsoft as Most Valuable Technology Company |
| 28th May | Apple iPad Launched in the UK |
2011 [Detail]
| 25th August | Steve Jobs retires as CEO of Apple |
| 5th October | Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, dies age 56 |
2012 [Detail]
| 18th January | Wikipedia and others Go Dark in protest anti-piracy law |
| 25th June | Google Brain watches Youtube, recognises cats. |
| 18th November | Wii U released |
2013 [Detail]
| 11th January | Suicide of Aaron Swartz |
| 5th June | Edward Snowden Leaks Top Secret Documents |
| 15th November | PlayStation 4 released |
| 22nd November | Xbox One released |
2014 [Detail]
| 4th February | Bill Gates returns to Microsoft as Technology Adviser |
| 20th February | Facebook buys WhatsApp |
| 25th March | Facebook buys Oculus |
| 25th March | Nvidia at GPU Technology Conference |
| 26th April | New Mexico landfill site is excavated for Atari materials |
| 18th June | Bletchley park officially opens to the public |
| 25th June | Android watches go up for preorder |
| 25th August | Amazon buys Twitch for £585m |
| 25th October | The Queen opens a new 'Information Age' Gallery at the Science Museum |
2015 [Detail]
| 21st January | Microsoft reveals HoloLens headset |
| 28th January | Apple posts biggest quarterly profit in history |
| 9th March | Apple reveals Apple Watch |
2016 [Detail]
2017 [Detail]
2018 [Detail]
| 15th October | Paul Allen died aged 65 |
