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.

History of computing
Hardware
Hardware 1960s to present
Software
Software Software configuration management Unix Free software and open-source software
Computer science
Artificial intelligence Compiler construction Early computer science Operating systems Programming languages Prominent pioneers Software engineering
Modern concepts
General-purpose CPUs Graphical user interface Internet Laptops Personal computers Video games World Wide Web Cloud Quantum
By country
Bulgaria Eastern Bloc Poland Romania South America Soviet Union Yugoslavia
Timeline of computing
before 1950 1950–1979 1980–1989 1990–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–present more timelines ...
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• Timeline of computing
  • 1950–1979
  • 1980–1989
  • 1990–1999
  • 2000–2009
  • 2010–2019
  • 2020–present
• History of computing hardware

• 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 permission.
• 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