This article presents a detailed timeline of events in the history of Computing. For a narrative explaining the overall developments, see the related History of computing.

Computing timelines: Timeline of computing 500 BC-1949, Computing timeline 1950-1979, Computing timeline 1980-1989, Computing timeline 1990-forward

=Resources=

*Stephen White: A Brief History of Computing , http://ox.compsoc.net/~swhite/history.html. An excellent Computer history site; the above is a modified version of his timeline, used with History of computing/Permission.

=See also=

*History of computing hardware – up to third generation (1960s) *History of computing hardware (1960s-present) – third generation and later *Programming language timeline *Operating systems timeline *Commercial computer apps timeline *Computer science timeline *History of the graphical user interface *History of the Internet

=Graphical timeline=