IFIP Report: History in the Computing Curriculum (PDF format -- 16 pages)
The following chronology is a compilation of historical computing events that have been taken from a variety of sources. The source (or sources) of each entry are coded and shown after each entry. Students and professionals are encouraged to use this information in their studies and research. Please consult the original reference for a more in-depth meaning of these. The chronology is partitioned as a series of pdf files, which you may read with an Adobe Acrobat Reader. You may access each partition below.
Within any given year of this chronology, events are not actually in a time sequence, although some events are given by month or exact date. In this chronology you will notice some conflicting information, usually with respect to dates, regarding events. This is due to different sources and it is left to historians to resolve these conflicts.
The author requests information in places where certain information is missing. Kindly suggest any additions or modifications to this chronology by contacting John Impagliazzo at cscjzi@hofstra.edu . All suggestions must include the accurate date of the event and the source or sources from which it came. Current events, defined by occurrences over the past ten years, are welcome.
Sources for Chronology
(a) From "The History of Electronic Computing," ACM History
Timeline (1994)
(e) From Timeline of Computing History, IEEE Computer (1996 October)
(f) From "How did the Internet get to be such a big deal?,"
Timeline, Franklin, Beedle and Associates, Inc. (1998)
(n) From the Heinz Nixdorf Museum, Germany (1997)
(p) From Timeline "100 years of computer science on the head of a
pin," PWS Publishing (1997)
(t) From Course Technology Timeline (1997)
(w) From "A History of Computing Technology," Second Edition,
M.R. Williams (1997)