Timeline on great leaps forward for computing

  • The Difference Engine

    The Difference Engine
    It was a technological and social change after inventor Charles Babbage succeeded in making the machine but he did not actually make the machine.
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    Timeline on great leaps forward for computing

    The great leaps forward for computing.
  • Colossus

    Colossus
    It was Alan Turing's idea which then Tommy Flowers made. If it was made by then , the allies would have won the war, and they did.
  • HP - 2115

    HP - 2115
    HP (Hewlet Packard) entered the general purpose computer business. It had more variety of languages.
  • ARPANET

    ARPANET
    Expanded Computer- to- Computer Communication.
  • Xerox Alto

    Xerox Alto
    They designed the Alto – the first station with a built – in mouse input. It also stored many of the files.
  • VAX 11/780

    VAX 11/780
    Featured the ability to address up to 4.3 gigabytes of virtual memory, provides hundreds of the capacity of most minicomputers.
  • Early publicity still for the Commodore 64

    Early publicity still for the Commodore 64
    Came with 64 KB of RAM and featured impressive graphics.
  • Compaq

    Compaq
    The first computer to use Intel’s new 80836 chip, a 32- bit microprocessor.
  • Video Toaster Installed at local Television Station

    Video Toaster Installed at local Television Station
    Was a video editing and production system from the Amiga line of computers
  • Yahoo

    Yahoo
    Yahoo was founded by two Stanford Graduates, Jerry Yang and David Filo.