Computer History

Joseph Jacquard invents a loom that uses punched wooden cards to automatically weave fabric designs

English mathematician Charles Babbage conceives of a steam driven calculating machine that would be able to compute tables of numbers. However, the project was a failure.

Charles Babbage invented all the parts are now used for a modern computer.

Konrad Zuse was the inventor of the first computer in the world

J.V. Atanasoff, a professor of physics and a mathematician, attempts to build the first computer without gears, cams, belts or shafts

Konrad Zuse created the Z2 as the first electro-mechanical computer in the world

Grace Hopper develops the first computer language, which eventually became known as COBOL

Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce unveil the integrated circuit, known as the computer chip

Alan Shugart leads a team of IBM engineers who invest the "floppy disk", allowing data to be shared among computers

Robert Metcalf, develops Ethernet for connecting multiple computers and other hardware