The First Generation (1951-1959)

  • 1951: Mauchly and Eckert built the UNIVAC I, the first computer designed and sold commercially, specifically for business data-processing applications.
  • 1950s: Dr. Grace Murray Hopper developed the UNIVAC I compiler.
  • 1957: The programming language FORTRAN (FORmula TRANslator) was designed by John Backus, an IBM engineer.
  • 1959: Jack St. Clair Kilby and Robert Noyce of Texas Instruments manufactured the first integrated circuit, or chip, which is a collection of tiny little transistors.

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