Timeline of computing hardware before 1950

This article presents a detailed timeline of events in the history of computing software and hardware: from prehistory until 1949. For narratives explaining the overall developments, see History of computing.

Pre-computing

The analog computer

Antiquity

Medieval–1640

1641–1820

Invention of the mechanical computer

1822-1851

1851–1930

1931–1940

Invention of the programmable computer

1941–1949

Computing timeline

• Timeline of computing
• 1950–1979
• 1980–1989
• 1990–1999
• 2000–2009
• 2010–2019
• 2020–present
• History of computing hardware

References

Sources

External links

• A Brief History of Computing, by Stephen White. An excellent computer history site; the present article is a modified version of his timeline, used with .
• The Evolution of the Modern Computer (1934 to 1950): An Open Source Graphical History, article from Virtual Travelog
• Timeline: exponential speedup since first automatic calculator in 1623 by Jürgen Schmidhuber, from "The New AI: General & Sound & Relevant for Physics, In B. Goertzel and C. Pennachin, eds.: Artificial General Intelligence, pp. 175–198, 2006."
• Computing History Timeline, a photographic gallery on computing history
• Computer History by Computer Hope
• Timeline of Computer History by Computer History Museum