Timeline of computing hardware before 1950


This article presents a detailed timeline of events in the history of computing software and hardware: from prehistory until 1949. For narratives explaining the overall developments, see History of computing.

[Prehistory]–antiquity">Ancient history">antiquity

Medieval">Post-classical history">Medieval–1640

1641–1850

1851–1930

1931–1940

1941–1949

Computing timeline