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| http://www.ee.ryerson.ca/~elf/abacus/history.html | | http://www.ee.ryerson.ca/~elf/abacus/history.html | ||
| Joshua Cuneo | | Joshua Cuneo | ||
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| + | | 1836 | ||
| + | | The ability of the Telegraph is demonstrated by Samuel Morse by using Morse code | ||
| + | | http://www.wrvmuseum.org/morsecodehistory.htm | ||
| + | | Jason Abel | ||
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| + | | 1860's | ||
| + | | The first commercially successful typewriter invented by Christopher Latham Sholes with help from Carlos Gidden, Chief Lieutenant | ||
| + | | http://blogs.ubc.ca/etec540sept12/2012/10/28/the-typewriter-a-remarkable-impact-on-communication/ | ||
| + | | Jason Abel | ||
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| + | | 1832 | ||
| + | | The Military Enigma was announced and only available to the German Army | ||
| + | | http://www.cryptomuseum.com/crypto/enigma/hist.htm | ||
| + | | Jason Abel | ||
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| 1942 | | 1942 | ||
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| Jordan Burklund | | Jordan Burklund | ||
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| − | | | + | | 1844 |
| − | | | + | | The Colossus, an electronic digital computer used to break the German Lorenz SZ-40 cipher machine, finally cracked its first message |
| − | | http://www. | + | | http://cryptomuseum.com/crypto/colossus/index.htm |
| − | | | + | | Jason Abel |
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| + | | 1865 | ||
| + | | The concept of Email was introduced where you leave messages in another person's file directory for them to see later | ||
| + | | http://www.nethistory.info/History%20of%20the%20Internet/email.html | ||
| + | | Jason Abel | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1872 | ||
| + | | Email sent over computer networks was created by Ray Tomlinson | ||
| + | | http://www.nethistory.info/History%20of%20the%20Internet/email.html | ||
| + | | Jason Abel | ||
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| 1972 | | 1972 | ||
| Alan C. Kay releases his paper titled "A Personal Computer for Children of All Ages", which is one of the first proposals for portable, paperless, and battery powered computers, leading to laptops and tablets becoming common consumer items. | | Alan C. Kay releases his paper titled "A Personal Computer for Children of All Ages", which is one of the first proposals for portable, paperless, and battery powered computers, leading to laptops and tablets becoming common consumer items. | ||
| http://history-computer.com/Library/Kay72.pdf | | http://history-computer.com/Library/Kay72.pdf | ||
| + | | Jordan Burklund | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1975 | ||
| + | | MITS Altair 8800 is released. At $297 for a kit, this is one of the first computers that is accessible to hobbyists. A BASIC interpreter written for this device also became the foundations of Microsoft. | ||
| + | | http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/computers/ | ||
| Jordan Burklund | | Jordan Burklund | ||
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Revision as of 00:34, 6 September 2017
Add your items to the list of events below. You must do the following for each item:
- Preserve the order of events
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- Provide at least one reputable reference. Please remember that Wikipedia is not a valid reference.
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- If someone else has added an event already, please make any modifications that you see fit and then add your name next to the other person's name.
- DO NOT copy items from Keith Pray's timeline.
| Date | Description | References | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 BC | The abacus is invented. A frame made out of wood holding rods with sliding beads on them, used to aid in arithmetic calculations. | http://www.ee.ryerson.ca/~elf/abacus/history.html | Joshua Cuneo |
| 1836 | The ability of the Telegraph is demonstrated by Samuel Morse by using Morse code | http://www.wrvmuseum.org/morsecodehistory.htm | Jason Abel |
| 1860's | The first commercially successful typewriter invented by Christopher Latham Sholes with help from Carlos Gidden, Chief Lieutenant | http://blogs.ubc.ca/etec540sept12/2012/10/28/the-typewriter-a-remarkable-impact-on-communication/ | Jason Abel |
| 1832 | The Military Enigma was announced and only available to the German Army | http://www.cryptomuseum.com/crypto/enigma/hist.htm | Jason Abel |
| 1942 | The first all-electronic computer was built by John Anastoff and Clifford Berry at Iowa State University | https://www.ece.iastate.edu/the-department/history/history-of-computing/ | Jordan Burklund |
| 1844 | The Colossus, an electronic digital computer used to break the German Lorenz SZ-40 cipher machine, finally cracked its first message | http://cryptomuseum.com/crypto/colossus/index.htm | Jason Abel |
| 1865 | The concept of Email was introduced where you leave messages in another person's file directory for them to see later | http://www.nethistory.info/History%20of%20the%20Internet/email.html | Jason Abel |
| 1872 | Email sent over computer networks was created by Ray Tomlinson | http://www.nethistory.info/History%20of%20the%20Internet/email.html | Jason Abel |
| 1972 | Alan C. Kay releases his paper titled "A Personal Computer for Children of All Ages", which is one of the first proposals for portable, paperless, and battery powered computers, leading to laptops and tablets becoming common consumer items. | http://history-computer.com/Library/Kay72.pdf | Jordan Burklund |
| 1975 | MITS Altair 8800 is released. At $297 for a kit, this is one of the first computers that is accessible to hobbyists. A BASIC interpreter written for this device also became the foundations of Microsoft. | http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/computers/ | Jordan Burklund |
| 1986 | National Science Foundation funds a 56Kbps cross-country network backbones | http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/History.html | Joshua Cuneo |
| 1991 | Linus Torvaldis releases the first version of the Linux Kernel. | https://www.livinginternet.com/i/iw_unix_gnulinux.htm | Jordan Burklund |
| 2008 | The first Android based smartphone is released to consumers. | https://www.androidcentral.com/android-pre-history | Jordan Burklund |
