ICT Timeline

Timeline of ICT

Early Beginnings
The history of ICT originates from, which include the abacus.  The abacus is thought to have been previously invented 3’000 years before the birth of Jesus Christ.  Revisions to its use/design continued for many years, there was even a version developed in Egypt.  Early versions of the calculator were gradually replacing this primitive method of math.  In 1624 the first ever four-function calculator-clock was built by Wilhelm Schickard, thus heralding a new era.   

Development Timeline:
1930’s Hewlett-Packard is founded. David Packard and Bill Hewlett together found Hewlett-Packard. Their first product was the HP 200A Audio Oscillator. Walt Disney ordered eight of the 200B model to use as sound effects generators for the 1940 movie titled "Fantasia".

1940’s1943 – Project Whirlwind, The navy approach (MIT) Massachusettes Institute of Technology regarding a project to build a flight simulator. 1948 – IBM SSEC, IBM’s Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator computed data in a public display near headquarters in Manhattan. Before decommission SSEC produced the moon position tables used for the course of 1969 Apollo flight to the moon.

1950’s
The first commercial computer was released and built by Engineering Research Associates (ERA), the U.S Navy was their first customer. It stored data on magnetic drums and had a capacity of 1million bits. Drums progressed eventually to allow a limit of around 4’000 words. 

1960’s
1962 – First Interactive Computer Game, SpaceWar was wrote by MIT students. This was first played at MIT and the large scope display featured inspired future generations video games. You could duel other players spaceship using a very early version of the first ever “Joystick”.

1970’s
1971 – First Email Sent, Ray Tomlinson of the research firm Bolt and Newman sent the first e-mail when he was supposed to be working on a different project. The “@” symbol is what Tomlinson is most credited for when using e-mail. He sent his e-mail over a military network called ARPANET.

1980’s
1988 – First Computer Virus is created and sent by Robert morris. The “Worm” virus causes a lot of trouble for about 6’000 to 60’000 people linked to the same network. He is fined $10’050, 400 hours of community work and 3 years of probation.

1990’s
The WorldWideWeb (WWW) is born when Tim Berners-Lee developed Hypertext Mark-up Language. HTML as it is more commonly known as allows the internet to expand into the WorldWideWeb using specification such as Uniform Resource Locator (URL) and Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP). 

2000’s
2004 – Facebook the social networking site is launched in February 2004, privately owned by Facebook Inc. Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and  Chris Hughes. As of a query in 2011 Facebook is valued at about $41 billion and has over 800 million active users.













Influential Person in ICT “Steve Jobs”
Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs born February 24, 1955 and died October 5, 2011 was an American entrepreneur. He is best known as the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc. Jobs also co-founded and served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios, he became a member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company in 2006, when Disney acquired Pixar. In the late 1970s, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak engineered one of the first commercially  personal computers, the Apple II series. Jobs was among the first to see the commercial potential of Xerox PARC's mouse-driven graphical user interface, which led to the creation of the Apple Lisa and, one year later, the Macintosh. He also took part in introducing the LaserWriter, one of the first available laser printers, to the market. After a power struggle with the board of directors in 1985, Jobs left Apple and founded NeXT, a computer platform development company specializing in the business and higher-education markets. In 1986, he acquired the computer graphics division of Lucas film, which was spun off as Pixar. He was credited in Toy Story (1995) as an executive producer. In 1996, after Apple had failed to deliver its operating system, Gil Amelio turned to NeXT Computer, and the NeXTSTEP platform became the foundation for the Mac OS X. Jobs returned to Apple as an adviser  Jobs brought Apple from near bankruptcy to profitability by 1998. As the new CEO of the company, Jobs oversaw the development of the iMac, iTunes, iPod, iPhone, and iPad, and the company's Apple Retail Stores, iTunes Store and the App Store. The success of these products and services provided several years of stable financial returns, and propelled Apple to become the most valuable publicly traded company in 2011. This event is regarded as one of the greatest turnarounds in business history.  In 2003, Jobs was diagnosed with a pancreas neuroendocrine tumor. Though it was initially treated, he reported a hormone imbalance and underwent a liver transplant in 2009, and appeared thinner as his health declined. On medical leave for most of 2011, Jobs resigned in August that year and was elected Chairman of the Board. He died of respiratory arrest related to his tumor on October 5, 2011. Jobs has received a number of honors and public recognition for his influence in the technology and music industries. He has widely been referred to as "legendary", and has been described as the "Father of the Digital Revolution", a "master of innovation”.