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Counting is introduced; fingers are used for this purpose.
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Paleolithic peoples notch tallies on objects in the nature world to keep track of numbers.
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A symbol for the number 10 is devised to facilitate counting.
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The abacus is created in China.
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Stonehenge is possibly used as a calendar.
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The Chinese introduce the decimal.
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The Mayan civilization develop the base-20 system, thereby bringing zero into existence.
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The Laconian Cipher is created, which encodes messages in A's and B's.
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The term "computer," delineating one who calculated and computed instead of the present day definition of a device that computed, is first recorded.
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John Napier outlines the break-through idea of logarithms.
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John Napier devised a system called "Napiers Bones," which multiplied by adding numbers and divided by subtracting.
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Germanys Wilhelm Schickard introduces the first known successful mechanical calculating machine, based upon the rudimentary concept thereby posed by Napier's Bones.
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The mathematician Pascal invents the Pascaline, a device capable of adding, subtracting, and carrying between digits.
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Leibniz devises the Step Reckoner, an invention capable of multiplying, dividing, and evaluating square roots.
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Leibniz outlines binary arithmetic.
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The semaphore line, facilitating long-distance communication, is invented by Chappe.
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Jacquard finished the invention of an automated loom, which applies punched cards to work.
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A primitive telegraph type device is devised by Samuel Soemmering.
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Charles Xavier Thomas de Colmar devised the "Arithometer," a break-through calculating machine, capable of all four operations.
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Berzelius makes the discovery of silicon, the basic component of the integrated circuit used today.
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Nipple takes the first recorded photograph.
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Ohm's law is introduced.
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Dyar becomes the first American to devise a proto-telegraph invention.
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Pavel Schilling is the first person to send signals from a telegraph to another.
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Morse Code is devised.
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The Analytical Engine, the first device to apply punch cards as memory and a method of programming, is introduced.
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Samuel Morse send the first telegraphic message: "What hath God wrought?"
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In 1845, the Staffel's calculator is demonstrated.
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A set of logical operations, also known as DeMorgan transformations, is devised.
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Sholes obtains a patent for a break-through typewriter.
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The company Tanaka Seizo-sho appears in Japan, later to become present-day Toshiba.
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Bell makes the first telephone call.
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Edison introduces the first phonograph, which can record and replay sounds.
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The first commercial electric power station begins to operate.
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The Edison effect is discovered.
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Tesla patents the rotating field motor, which facilitates the creation and the primitive transmission of AC power.
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The tabulating machine is introduced.
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Hollerith commences the Tabulating Machine Company, also known as present-day IBM.
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Tesla patents a very primitive form of electrical logic circuits.
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Fleming fiddles with Edison's diode vacuum tubes, leading to the introduction of a more developed introduction.
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Present-day IBM is founded in New York.
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Lewis begins to experiment with the lithium battery.
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The first random access computer memory is introduced, using electrostatic cathode-ray tubes for digital storage.
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Magnetic rings are used to store information through polarity.
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DYSEAC is created; it is an early machine that can spread computing.
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A hard disk is created.
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Atlas Supervisor begins.
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SOS, SHARE Operating System, is created.
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Philips created the first compact audio cassette.
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OS/360 is introduced by IBM.
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CP-40 appears.
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Airline Control Program is created by IBM.
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AMD, Advance Micro Devices, is created.
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Advanced Research Projects Agency goes online.
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Intel 4004 is introduced.
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E-mail is introduced by Ray Tomlinson.
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Data General RDOS is created.
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Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) appears.
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RSX-11D, RT-11, and Alto Os appear.
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Hydra appears.
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Intel 8086 is created.
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2BSD, Apple DOS, HDOS, TRIPOS, KSOS, and MVS/System Extensions (MVS/SE) appear.
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The Motorola 68000 is released.
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Intel 8088 is created.
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iMAX, the O/S for Intel's iAPX 432 capability machine, appears.
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The term "Internet" is first used.
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Domain Name System is introduced, including .com and .org.
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Windows 1.0 appears.
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OS/2 (1.0) appears.
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Windows 2.0 appears.
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Virus called Internet Worm strikes.
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Mac OS (System 6) is created.
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World Wide Web is created.
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Wide Area Information Server is created.
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Windows 3.1 is created.
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MiniDisc is introduced.
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Zip drive is created.
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Windows 95 appears.
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DVD is created.
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Windows NT 4.0 appears.
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CD-RW is created.
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The term "weblog" appears when NASA's website images go viral.
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Intel Pentium II is created.
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Google opens its first company.
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MySpace.com appears.
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Mac OS 9 is created.
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Windows 98, second edition, appears.
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Microdrive is created.
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Holographic technology is introduced.
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Wikipedia is introduced.
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Blu Ray is created.
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HD-DVD is created.
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YouTube is introduced.
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Windows Vista is created.
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World of Warcraft becomes a popular online game, gaining over 9M subscribers.
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Dropbox is created.
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Mac OS X v10.5 is created.
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Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo! for $44.6 billion.
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Windows Home Server is created.
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Android 1.5 is created.
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Windows 7 is created.
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Android 2.1 appears.
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Windows Phone 7 is created.
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Windows 8 is created.
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Windows 10 is created.
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Android 7.0 is created.
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Mark Zuckerberg's brainchild, Facebook, gains one billion users.
