John von Neumann is credited with developing the von Neumann architecture, which is the basis for modern computers.

The Analytical Engine was designed by Charles Babbage in the 19th century. It was a general-purpose mechanical computer that could perform a variety of calculations.

Ada Lovelace wrote the first computer program in the 19th century for the Analytical Engine.

The ENIAC was the first electronic computer, built in the United States in the 1940s.

John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley developed the transistor in the 1940s.

The Fairchild Semiconductor LM301 was the first integrated circuit, released in 1961.

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak developed the first personal computer, the Apple I, in the 1970s.

Unix was the first operating system, developed in the 1960s.

Tim Berners-Lee developed the World Wide Web in the 1980s.

Archie was the first search engine, released in 1990.

Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina developed the first web browser, Mosaic, in the 1990s.

Friendster was the first social networking site, launched in 2002.

Apple developed the first smartphone, the iPhone, in 2007.

Amazon Web Services was the first cloud computing platform, launched in 2006.

Alan Turing developed the first artificial intelligence, the Turing machine, in the 1930s.