History of computing

Hardware before 1960

Hardware 1960s to present

Hardware in Soviet Bloc countries

Artificial intelligence

Computer science

Operating systems

Programming languages

Software engineering

Graphical user interface

Internet

Personal computers

Laptops

Video games

World Wide Web

Timeline of computing 2400 BC–1949 1950–1979 1980–1989 1990–1999 2000–2009 More timelines...

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This article presents a detailed timeline of events in the history of computing. For a narrative explaining the overall developments, see the related history of computing hardware and history of computer science.

Computing timelines: 2400 BC–1949, 1950–1979, 1980–1989, 1990–1999, 2000-present

[edit] See also

• The Computer Revolution: A Timeline at Wikibooks.
• History of computing hardware – up to third generation (1960s)
• History of computing hardware (1960s–present) – third generation and later
• History of compiler writing
• History of the graphical user interface
• History of the Internet
• Timeline of operating systems
• Timeline of programming languages
• Timeline of artificial intelligence

[edit] Resources

• Stephen White: A Brief History of Computing, http://ox.compsoc.net/~swhite/history.html. 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 tries to build a graphical image of computer history, in particular operating systems, http://comp-hist.sourceforge.net/

[edit] Graphical timeline