Computer History & Events

Floppy The first computers using digital signals and electronic circuitry instead of mechanical elements appeared in the 1940s in the context of World War II. Famous early computers include Zuse and Colossus, but computer history is full of other machines which were also great achievements. The early computers were huge in size, and some needed water cooling. Along with miniaturization of computers software evolved, and the CPU power has been increasingly getting more powerful.

From the early computers to these days’ hardware and software is a quantum leap - the computer nowadays is the most complex systems ever built on earth. Read on to find all about the history of computers and great achievements here in this guide.

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This Day in Computer History: November 6 Today marks the anniversary of the signing of the contract that started Microsoft down the road to fame and fortune. Read about the contract and more in "This Day in Computer History"...	This Day in Computer History: December 26 Today marks the anniversary of the Time Magazine awarding the personal computer its "Man of the Year" award. Read more in "This Day in Computer History", a chronology...
This Day in Computer History: December 27 Today marks the anniversary of Time magazine naming Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos "Person of the Year." Read more in "This Day in Computer History", a chronology of...	This Day in Computer History: December 25 Today marks the anniversary of the first test of the early internet by Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau. Read about its and more in "This Day in Computer History", a chronology...

This Day in Computer History: November 28

Today marks the anniversary of the announcement of a method of using a PlayStation 3 to crack encryption and the launch of the EXEC-PC BBS. Read more in "This Day in Computer History", a chronology...

This Day in Computer History: September 26

Today marks the anniversary of Neal Patrick's testimony on hacking before Congress. Read about the event and more in "This Day in Computer History", a chronology of notable events in the computer...

This Day in Computer History: September 30

Today marks the anniversary of the release of Internet Explorer 4.0. Read about it and more in "This Day in Computer History", a chronology of notable events in the computer, ecommerce, and software...

This Day in Computer History: August 28

Today marks the anniversary of the formal alliance between IBM and Microsoft as well as the first email sent from space. Read about these events and more in "This Day in Computer History", a chronology...

This Day in Computer History: September 9

Today marks the anniversary of the discovery of the first computer bug. Read about this event and more in "This Day in Computer History", a chronology of notable events in the computer, ecommerce...

This Day in Computer History: December 4

Today marks the anniversary of the beginning of the DOJ's investigation into Microsoft and the beginning of the development of Javascript. Read more in "This Day in Computer...

This Day in Computer History: September 29

Today marks the anniversary of the founding of CERN, the birthplace of the World Wide Web. Read about it and more in "This Day in Computer History", a chronology of notable...