Timeline of computing

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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.

Computing timelines: 500 BC-1949, 1950-1979, 1980-1989, 1990-present

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 Graphing Project tries to build a graphical image of computer history, in particular operating systems, http://comp-hist.sourceforge.net/

See also:

• History of computing hardware - up to third generation (1960s)
• History of computing hardware (1960s-present) - third generation and later
• Programming language timeline
• Operating systems timeline
• Commercial computer apps timeline
• Computer science timeline
• History of the graphical user interface
• History of the Internet

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Timeline_of_computing" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_computing, used under the GNU Free Documentation License