Lab Technician

C

Completion of Konrad Zuse's Z3 Programmable Computer

1941

F

First point-contact transistor demonstrated

1947

I

Invention of the Transistor

1947

P

Publication of the Point-Contact Transistor Paper

1948

I

Invention of the Junction Transistor

1948

M

Manchester Mark 1 Becomes Operational

1949

M

Manchester Mark 1 First Program Run

1949

E

EDSAC becomes operational at the University of Cambridge

1949

E

EDSAC First Operation

1949

F

First Program Run on the Pilot ACE

1950

A

ACE Pilot Model First Program Run

1950

U

UNIVAC I Delivery to the U.S. Census Bureau

1951

D

Delivery of the first UNIVAC I to the United States Census Bureau

1951

F

First Silicon Transistor Demonstration

1954

S

Sputnik 1 Launch

1957

S

Sputnik 1 Launch

1957

I

Invention of the Perceptron

1957

L

Launch of Sputnik 1

1957

S

Sputnik 1 launched into orbit

1957

L

Launch of Sputnik 1

1957

L

Launch of Explorer 1

1958

I

Invention of the Integrated Circuit

1958

I

Invention of the Integrated Circuit

1958

J

John McCarthy creates the LISP programming language

1958

E

Explorer 1 launch

1958

D

Development of the Lisp programming language

1958

F

First Integrated Circuit Demonstration

1958

E

Explorer 1 Launch

1958

E

Establishment of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

1959

L

Luna 1 Launch

1959