This article presents a detailed timeline of events in the history of computing software and hardware: from prehistory until 1949. For narratives explaining the overall developments, see History of computing.
Prehistory–antiquity
Medieval–1640
1641–1850
1851–1930
1931–1940
1941–1949
Computing timeline
- Timeline of computing
- 1950–1979
- 1980–1989
- 1990–1999
- 2000–2009
- 2010–2019
- 2020–present
- History of computing hardware
Notes
References
External links
- A Brief History of Computing, by Stephen White. An excellent computer history site; the present article is a modified version of his timeline, used with permission.
- The Evolution of the Modern Computer (1934 to 1950): An Open Source Graphical History, article from Virtual Travelog
- Timeline: exponential speedup since first automatic calculator in 1623 by Jürgen Schmidhuber, from "The New AI: General & Sound & Relevant for Physics, In B. Goertzel and C. Pennachin, eds.: Artificial General Intelligence, pp. 175–198, 2006."
- Computing History Timeline, a photographic gallery on computing history
- Computer History by Computer Hope
- Timeline of Computer History by Computer History Museum
