Transistor
1959 First mini-computer PDP-1 (DEC)
1961 IBM begins working on the System 360 family of computer systems
Telstar - a communications satellite was launched
Beginning of interactive processing;
Real time processing (eg. Airline reservations)
Time sharing (Bureau facilities)
COBOL (Common Business-Oriented Language) designed. Sponsored by the US Department of Defence.
BASIC (Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction code) developed
PL/1 (Programming Language 1) to replace both FORTRAN and COBOL developed by IBM.
Introduction of Operating Systems
Magnetic tape main form of storage
Transaction Processing using paper and processed by the Data Processing (DP) department.
Trained personnel in a DP department enter data, and generate reports.
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1959 |
IBM introduces a transistorised computer, the IBM 1401 |
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1960 |
Grace Hopper and others design the COBOL programming language |
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Digital Equipment Corporation introduce the PDP-1, the first minicomputer |
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The Rand Corporation develops the first interactive computing system |
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1961 |
IBM begins working on the System 360 family of computer systems |
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1962 |
IBM and American Airlines develop the SABRE reservation system |
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1963 |
John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz develop the BASIC programming language. |
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IBM begins to design the PL/1 programming language |
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