Here, we have a basic timeline of programming history, laid out right in front of you
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1946 | Alan Turing publishes the paper "On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem" which introduces the concept of a Turing Machine |
| 1948 | John von Neumann publishes the paper "First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC" which introduces the concept of a stored-program computer |
| 1953 | Grace Hopper develops the first computer language, which eventually becomes known as COBOL |
| 1958 | Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce unveil the integrated circuit, known as the computer chip. Kilby is later awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work. |
| 1971 | A team of IBM engineers led by Alan Shugart invents the "floppy disk," enabling data to be shared among different computers. |
| 1973 | Robert Metcalfe, a member of the research staff for Xerox, develops Ethernet for connecting multiple computers and other hardware. |
| 1976 | Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak co-found Apple Computer on April Fool's Day. They unveil Apple I, the first computer with a single-circuit board and ROM (Read Only Memory), according to MIT(opens in new tab). |
| 1978 | VisiCalc, the first computerized spreadsheet program is introduced. |
| 1984 | The Apple Macintosh is announced to the world during a Superbowl advertisement. The Macintosh is launched with a retail price of $2,500, according to the NMAH. |
| 1996 | Sergey Brin and Larry Page develop the Google search engine at Stanford University. |