The Innovation in Computing Companion: A Compendium of Select, Pivotal Inventions

Background

ABC Computer

Ada Programming Language

Agile Methodology

Amdahl 470 and 580

Analytic and Difference Engines

Apple II and Macintosh

Artificial Intelligence and Applications

Atari Video Games

Automated Teller Machine

AXE System

Binary Number System

Boolean Algebra and Digital Computing

C and C++ Programming Languages

Cloud Computing and Distributed Systems

CMMI and Software Process Improvement

Colossus and Code Breaking at Bletchley Park

Commodore PET and 64

COBOL and Compilers

Databases

DEC PDP 11 and VAX 11/780 Minicomputers

Digital Photography

EDVAC and ENIAC Computers

Eliza Program

Email Communication

E-Commerce

Formal Methods

GPS System

Graphical User Interface and Human Computer Interaction

Harvard Mark I Computer

Hollerith's Tabulating Machine and the birth of IBM

Integrated Circuits

Internet

Iridium System

Java Programming Language

LEO Computers

Manchester Baby and Mark I Computers

Microprocessor

Mobile Phone

Mouse

MP3 Player and Digital Music

MS/DOS Operating System

Office Software

Open Source Software

Object-Oriented Paradigm

Personal and Home Computers

Robotics

Smartphones and Social Media

Software Inspections

The System/360 Revolution

Transistor

UNIX Operating System

Von Neumann Architecture

WiFi Technology

Wikipedia

World Wide Web

Z3 and Z4 Computers

Epilogue