A bilingual cartography
History of technology
From analytical engines to neural networks: periods, pioneers and innovations that shaped our digital world.
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Periods
25
Pioneers
35
Innovations
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Languages
Timeline
Milestones that matter
Latest entries
Recent innovations
Ravelinha — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
2017
Transformer
Neural architecture / Natural language processing
Grayliptrot — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
2008
Bitcoin
Decentralized Finance / Cryptocurrency
Maklaan — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
2013
Docker
Software / Containerization
Figures
Pioneers to discover
Unknown author — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
1791 — 1871
Charles Babbage
British mathematician and inventor, designer of programmable calculating engines
Alfred Edward Chalon — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
1815 — 1852
Ada Lovelace
British mathematician, pioneer of computer programming
Los Alamos National Laboratory — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
1903 — 1957
John von Neumann
Hungarian-American mathematician, architect of the stored-program computer
James S. Davis, U.S. Navy — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
1906 — 1992
Grace Hopper
American computer scientist and naval officer, inventor of the compiler