The Brief History of the Computer - Early 20th Century
Computer Scientist, Grace Cobol creates the first computer language which became to be known as COBOL in 1953.
The integrated circuit, known as the computer chip was created by Jack Kirby and Robert Noyce in 1958.
Douglas Engelbart proposes a modern computer prototype that combines a mouse and a graphical user interface(GUI) in 1964.
Tim Berners-Lee, an English programmer and scientist creates HyperText Markup Language(HTML). He also coined the term, World Wide Web.It includes the first browser, a server, HTML and URLs in 1990.
Sergey Brin and Larry Page created the Google Search Engine at Stanford University in 1996.
WIFI, an abbreviation of wireless fidelityis created originally covering up a range of 300 feet in 1999.