Computer Timeline 1940 - 2010

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EVOLUTION OF THE COMPUTER (1940-2012)
A Scroll Through Time

1940

The Complex Number Calculator (CNC) was created in 1939 by Bell Telephone Laboratories. It is considered the first computer to be able to perform remote access calculations.

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1941

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1942

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1943

1944

Grace Hopper using the MARK I at Harvard
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1945

Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC)
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1946

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1948

Perkin Elmer Lambda Computer

1949

An analog computer inside the Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory

1950

UNIVAC-1101

1951

1951 Resource: http://www.bmigaming.com/

1952

N.M.A.H. Object CI*320250
Source: http://americanhistory.si.edu
Image originally taken at Smithsonian

1953

1953 Experimental Transistor Computer. Source: http://www.digital60.org/

1954

1954 Professor Warfield Source: http://vault217.gmu.edu/?cat=3&paged=7

1955

1955 MIT Whirldwind

1956

Electronic Analog Computer
Source: http://retrothing.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/heathanalog.jpg

1957

The NCR-304. Highly advanced computer of the time. Lasted into mid 70's
Source: http://csrc.lse.ac.uk/History/NCR-304-1957.htm

1958

The use of integrated circuits begins.

1959

Source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alwac_III_computer,_1959.jpg

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1971

Computer Space System

An advertisement for Computer Space

The Computer Space was a popular video arcade game released by Nutting and Associates in 1971. Technically, all video game systems and arcade games are computers.

1972