Timeline of Computer History

Reel of DECtape packaging

DECtape

Ken Thompson (L) and Dennis Ritchie (R)

C programming language is released

Participants in COBOL's 25th Anniversary Celebration at The Computer Museum on May 16, 1985, surround the COBOL Tombstone, a gift in 1960 from Howard Bromberg (far right) to the COBOL Committee.”

COBOL (Common Business-Oriented Language)