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Data Storage Timeline |
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John Vincent Atanasoff and Clifford Berry: develop the ABC (Atanasoft-Berry Computer) prototype |
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Douglas Engelbart: theorises on interactive computing with keyboard and screen display instead of on punchcards |
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Mac Virus Timeline |
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Sputnik I and Sputnik II: are launched by the Russians
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1958 |
ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency) and NASA is formed
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1959 |
Paul Baran: theorises on the "survivability of communication systems under nuclear attack", digital technology and symbiosis between humans and machines
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Unimate: General Motors puts the first industrial robot, Unimate, to work in a New Jersey factory
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The first computer game: the Spacewar Computer Game is created invented by Steve Russell & MIT
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1963 |
The Computer Mouse:
Douglas Engelbart invents and patents the first computer mouse
(nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end)
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Word processor: IBM introduces the first word processor
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Hypertext: Andries van Dam and Ted Nelson coin the term "hypertext"
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1967 |
Floppy Disk: IBM creates the first floppy disk
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Seymour Cray: develops the CDC 7600, the first supercomputer
ARPANET: The U.S. Department of Defence sets up the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) with the intention of creating a computer network that can withstand any type of disaster. It becomes the first building block for what the internet is has become today |
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RAM: Intel introduces the world's first available dynamic RAM ( random-access memory) chip and the first microprocessor, the Intel 4004
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1971 |
E-mail: is invented by Ray Tomlinson
Pocket calculator: is invented by Sharp Corporation Floppy Disk: is created by David Noble with IBM - Nicknamed the "Floppy" for its flexibility. |
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First Video Game: Atari releases Pong, the first commercial video game
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1973 |
Robert Metcalfe and David Boggs: creates the Ethernet, a local-area network (LAN) protocol
Gateways: Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn develop gateway routing computers to negotiate between the various national networks |
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SQL: IBM develops SEQUEL (Structured English Query Language ) now known as SQL
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1975 |
Portable computers: The Altair 8800 is developed by Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS) and the first personal home computer is released on 23 Jan, 1975
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1976 |
Apple: Apple Computers is founded by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs on 1 Apr 1976 (April Fools Day)
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1977 |
Apple Computer’s Apple II, the first personal computer with colour graphics, is demonstrated
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Video |
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Magnetic tape: The first magnetic tape is developed in the US
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1979 |
Over half a million computers are in use in the United States
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1980 |
Paul Allen and Bill Gates: IBM hires Paul Allen and Bill Gates to create an operating system for a new PC. They buy the rights to a simple operating system manufactured by Seattle Computer Products and use it as a template to develop DOS
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1981 |
Microsoft: MS-DOS Computer Operating System increases its success
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1982 |
WordPerfect: the WordPerfect Corporation introduces WordPerfect 1.0 a word processing program
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1983 |
More than 10 million computers are in use in the United States
Microsoft Windows: is introduced eliminating the need for a user to have to type each command, like MS-DOS, by using a mouse to navigate through drop-down menus, tabs and icons |
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Apple Macintosh: Apple introduces the Macintosh with mouse and window interface on 24 Jan, 1984
Dell Computer is founded in Austin Texas on 3 May, 1984 |
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1985 |
Paul Brainard
introduces Pagemaker for the Macintosh creating the desktop
publishing field
Microsoft Windows 1.0 is introduced on 19 Nov, 1985 and is initially sold for $100.00
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1986 |
More than 30 million computers are in use in the United States.
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1987 |
Microsoft introduces Microsoft Works
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1988 |
Over 45 million PCs are in use in the United States.
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Music Development Timeline |
1990 |
The Internet, World Wide Web & Tim Berners-Lee: Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau propose a 'hypertext' system starting the modern Internet
The World: the first commercial Internet dial-up access provider comes online on 20 Sep, 1990 |
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1991 |
The World Wide Web is launched to the public on August 6, 1991
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1993 |
At the beginning of the year only 50 World Wide Web servers are known to exist
Microsoft releases Windows 3.0 on 20 Sep, 1990
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1994 |
The World Wide Web Consortium is founded by Tim Berners-Lee to help with the development of common protocols for the evolution of the World Wide Web
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1995 |
Java is introduced
EBay is founded by Pierre Omidyar on 20 Sep,1995 Hotmail is started by Jack Smith and Sabeer Bhatia on 20 Sep, 1995 |
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WebTV: s introduced for the first time
The DVD Video format is first introduced by Toshiba in Japan
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Google: Google is founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page on September 7, 1998
Apple Power Book G3 is released on 20 Sep, 1998 |
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Xbox: Bill Gates introduces the Xbox on 7 Jan, 2001
Windows XP: is launched on 20 Sep, 2001
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2002 |
Approximately 1 billion PCs have been sold
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2003 |
iTunes is launched on 9 Jan, 2003
Skype is launched on 20 Aug, 2003
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Computer Language Timeline |
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Facebook is first launched on 20 Sep, 2004
Firefox 1.0 is released on 9 Nov, 2004
Blizzard's World of Warcraft game, the most popular and successful MMORPG is released 23 Nov, 2004
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2005 |
The blu-ray is first announced and introduced on 4 Jan, 2006.
YouTube begins on 14 Feb, 2005
Xbox360 is released on 20 Feb, 2005
eBay acquires Skpe on September 12, 2005
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2006 |
iPhone: the first iPhone is released on 29 Jun, 2006
SCE releases Play Station 3 on 11 Nov, 2006
Nintendo releases Wii on 19 Nov, 2006
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2007 |
Windows Vista is released 30 Jan, 2007
Netbook: Asus released first Eee PC (netbook) on 16 Oct, 2007
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2008 |
First Android OS and Android Smartphone is released on 21 Oct, 2008
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2009 |
Windows 7 is released on 22 Oct, 2009
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2010 |
The iPad is released on 3 Apr, 2010
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2011 |
Microsoft exceeds $1 billion in sales and becomes the first company to do so
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2012 |
Microsoft Windows 8 and Microsoft Surface is released October 26, 2012
Apple introduces the iPad mini October 23, 2012
The
number of smart phones worldwide reaches 1 billion |
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2013 |
Apple introduces iOS7 on September 18, 2013 Microsoft releases Windows 8.1 on October 18, 2013 Sony releases the PS4 November 15, 2013
Apple outsells Windows PCs globally for the first time |
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2014 |
The Nokia deal with Microsoft is completed April 25 making Nokia now Microsoft Mobile in a deal totalling $7.17 billion Apple introduces the new iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, and Apple Watch on September 9 Microsoft announces on September 30 the next version of Windows, which will be called Windows 10
Android version 5.0 (Lollipop) released November 3 |
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Apple officially releases the Apple Watch on April 24 Microsoft releases Windows 10 on July 29 Android version 6.0 (Marshmallow) released October 5
Microsoft releases the Surface Book on October 26 |
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2016 |
Pokémon GO is released July 6,for Android phones and iPhone Google releases Android version 7.0 (Nougat) August 22 On
September 16, Apple announces the new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus |
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2017 |
Microsoft introduced the Surface Pro 2017 (fifth gen) and the Surface Laptop on June 15 Apple introduced the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 plus, with a new edge-to-edge iPhone X with Face ID on September 12 On November 14 Mozilla announced the release of Firefox Quantum
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) begins
developing a new "Molecular Informatics" program that uses
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Google introduces the Google Pay service for all Android and iOS devices on January 8 Apple introduces the Apple HomePod The European Union GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) law comes into effect on May 25 On June 4, Microsoft announces it would acquire GitHub for $7.5 billion On
October 28 BM announce its plans to acquire Red Hat for
approximately $34 billion |
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2019 |
Computed axial lithography, a 3-D printing technology is developed by UC Berkeley and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is announced in January On January 9, Lexar announces the first SD card which can store 1 terabyte The first folding smartphones are introduced in February by Samsung (Galaxy Fold) and Huawei (Mate X) Disney+ is introduced IBM Q System One, the first commercial quantum computer from IBM, is announced Google makes cloud gaming mainstream with Stadia IPv4 internet addresses are exhausted
Google begins drone based deliveries via Google Wing |
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2020 |
On January 6, Lenovo announced the Yoga 5G, a 5G-capable laptop On January 14, Windows 7 reached EOL (end-of-life) and Microsoft ceases providing any support or security updates for Windows 7 On January 16, Alphabet, the parent company of Google, joined the "four-comma club," achieving a market valuation over $1 trillion. The other two members of the club at the time were Apple ($1.3 trillion) and Microsoft ($1.2 trillion). The next closest company, Amazon ($930 billion), briefly joined the club in 2018 In early February, the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus causes significant disruption to the worldwide technology industry. Google announces the temporary closure of all offices in mainland China, and all Apple stores in China are also closed indefinitely. Companies including Qualcomm, Nintendo, and Facebook Oculus announce major losses in production from their factories located in China. The Chinese government reports a 50% decrease in smartphone sales On February 4, Twitter announces a commitment to detect and label deep-fakes, and other deceptive media, on its social media platform In
May, Giphy is purchased by Facebook |
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