1646 – Gottfried Wilhelm Von Leibniz Born
Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz is born in Leipzig. During his 70-year life, Leibniz would make significant would make significant contributions to the field of mathematics as well as completing some early computer work in the form of a calculator. Leibniz developed the modern forms of differential and integral calculus.
Leibniz died on November 14, 1716.
1890 – The US Census Bureau began using Herman Hollerith’s tabulating machine for the first time. This gave Hollerith the basic to later found his Tabulating Machine Company, which was one of four companies that merged to IBM.
1944 – The Colossus Mark 2 was put into service at Bletchley Park in Great Britain, just in time for the invasion at Normandy.
1964 – Dartmouth Professors Launch “Timesharing” System
Thomas Kurtz and John Kemeny launched a timesharing system at Dartmouth College using their simple, user-friendly language, BASIC. Kurtz and Kemeny wanted to create a language their students could learn quickly for use on the timesharing system, which allows several users to run their programs at the same time on the processor.
Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz is born in Leipzig. During his 70-year life, Leibniz would make significant would make significant contributions to the field of mathematics as well as completing some early computer work in the form of a calculator. Leibniz developed the modern forms of differential and integral calculus.
Leibniz died on November 14, 1716.
1890 – The US Census Bureau began using Herman Hollerith’s tabulating machine for the first time. This gave Hollerith the basic to later found his Tabulating Machine Company, which was one of four companies that merged to IBM.
1944 – The Colossus Mark 2 was put into service at Bletchley Park in Great Britain, just in time for the invasion at Normandy.
1964 – Dartmouth Professors Launch “Timesharing” System
Thomas Kurtz and John Kemeny launched a timesharing system at Dartmouth College using their simple, user-friendly language, BASIC. Kurtz and Kemeny wanted to create a language their students could learn quickly for use on the timesharing system, which allows several users to run their programs at the same time on the processor.
1979 – The 8088 Microprocessor
Intel released the successor to the 8086 processor in the Intel 8088 chip. With a clock rate of either 4.77 MHz or 8 MHz, this 16-bit chip had an external bus of 8 bits and 29,000 transistors. It was used in IBM PC and PC-XT computers during the 80’s. Descendants to the 8088 are the 80188, 80186, and what would become the 386’486 and Pentium chips.
1995 – Maxis Goes Public
Maxis, the company most famous for its SimCity video game, went public. Along with others in the series – including SimEarth SimAnt, and SimLife – the SimCity simulator program built on Maxis co-founder Will Wright’s childhood interest in model ships and airplanes. With Jeff Braun, he founded the company that allowed people to create virtual cities and protect them from various disasters on their home computers.
1999 – The Day the Music Industry Changed Forever
Shawn fanning and Sean Parker release the file sharing service Napster. The service provides a simple way for users to copy and distribute MP3 music files. It becomes an instant hit, especially among college students. Just over 6 months later, on December 7, 1999, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) will file a lawsuit against the service, alleging mass copyright infringement. Eventually this lawsuit will force the shutdown of the company on September 3, 2002, but not before the popularity of downloading digital music is firmly entrenched in a generation.
Intel released the successor to the 8086 processor in the Intel 8088 chip. With a clock rate of either 4.77 MHz or 8 MHz, this 16-bit chip had an external bus of 8 bits and 29,000 transistors. It was used in IBM PC and PC-XT computers during the 80’s. Descendants to the 8088 are the 80188, 80186, and what would become the 386’486 and Pentium chips.
1995 – Maxis Goes Public
Maxis, the company most famous for its SimCity video game, went public. Along with others in the series – including SimEarth SimAnt, and SimLife – the SimCity simulator program built on Maxis co-founder Will Wright’s childhood interest in model ships and airplanes. With Jeff Braun, he founded the company that allowed people to create virtual cities and protect them from various disasters on their home computers.
1999 – The Day the Music Industry Changed Forever
Shawn fanning and Sean Parker release the file sharing service Napster. The service provides a simple way for users to copy and distribute MP3 music files. It becomes an instant hit, especially among college students. Just over 6 months later, on December 7, 1999, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) will file a lawsuit against the service, alleging mass copyright infringement. Eventually this lawsuit will force the shutdown of the company on September 3, 2002, but not before the popularity of downloading digital music is firmly entrenched in a generation.
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