Computer History

Today in computer history 1888 - Thomas Edison files for a patent for the Optical Phonograph (film camera). 1973 - U.S. Patent 3,906,166 is filed for a radio telephone system, which helps paves the way for what we know today as a cell phone. 1984 - Gottfrid Warg is born. 1990 - The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is launched. 1994 - Perl 5.000 is released. 2003 - Apple adds iTunes support for Microsoft Windows computers. 2005 - The Bill Gates and Melinda Gates Foundation pledges $15m to the Computer History Museum. 2007 - Acer completes acquisition of Gateway. Quick links Introduction History of the computer Computer history related questions and answers Apple operating system history Internet history MS-DOS history Microsoft Windows history Processor history Unix, Linux, and variant history Game history Hard drive history Computer people and pioneersComputer companies Introduction In the Computer Hope computer history timeline, you will find a detailed listing of key events that have occurred during the evolution of computers, the Internet, and related technologies. This timeline includes births and deaths of famous computer pioneers, inventions, discoveries, dates computer companies were established, when popular websites came online, and much more. While we would like to believe our research is 100% accurate, Computer Hope cannot claim 100% accuracy. If you know about something we missed or found something wrong, please contact us and let us know. Browse the Computer History Timeline

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