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The 1930s.

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14 events · 12 Vault · 2 world

14 events

1932

1 event

1933

1 event

1935

1 event

1936

6 events
  • ScienceWorld context

    Alan Turing describes the Turing machine

    Turing's theoretical 'universal machine' establishes the mathematical foundations of computation, defining what it means to compute.

  • People

    Jim Butterfield born

    The Toronto teacher who explained Commodore machine language to its owners

  • Hardware

    Light Gun

    Aiming at a television picture

  • People

    Margaret Hamilton born

    Making flight software recover from trouble

  • Companies & Studios

    Ricoh

    The company that made the NES's chips

  • People

    Will Crowther born

    The ARPANET programmer and caver who wrote Adventure

1937

1 event

1939

4 events
  • People

    Barbara Liskov born

    Using a data type without knowing its machinery

  • People

    David H. Ahl born

    Editor of 101 BASIC Computer Games and founder of Creative Computing

  • People

    John Kirby born

    Nintendo's New York litigator

  • PoliticsWorld context

    World War II begins in Europe

    Germany invades Poland, triggering a global conflict that will accelerate computing research through military necessity.