The document traces the history of computers from ancient abaci in 3000 BC to modern personal computers and the internet. Some key developments include the creation of the ENIAC, one of the first general-purpose electronic computers, in 1946; the development of transistors which replaced vacuum tubes; the invention of the graphical user interface in 1963 featuring the mouse; the creation of ARPANET in 1969 which connected four computers, laying the foundations of the internet; and the launch of influential websites like Google in 1998 and YouTube in 2005.

1. A Short History of Computers

3. Abacus 3000 BC

7. TVs had vacuum tubes also

9. ENIAC 1946

10. Transitors

13. Personal Computers

14. Computer Programming Languages

15. Internet & Applications
• 1963 Graphical User Interface
– Mouse, Hypertext, Outlining, Douglas Engelbart
– Sketchpad, first interactive drawing program, Ivan Sutherland
• 1969 ARPANET connected 4 computers
– University of California at Los Angeles
– SRI (in Stanford)
– University of California at Santa Barbara
– University of Utah
• 1972: The first e-mail program
• 1973: TCP/IP
• 1976: Ethernet
• 1993: World Wide Web created
• 1995: Shockwave & Flash first released
• 1998: Google website launched
• 2004: FlickR website launched
• 2005: YouTube website launched
• 2007: Shoes released!