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Timeline of computing
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<p>Timeline of computing presents events in the history of computing organized by year and grouped into six topic areas: predictions and concepts, first use and inventions, hardware systems and processors, operating systems, programming languages, and new application areas. </p><p>Detailed computing timelines: <a href="/facts/Timeline_of_computing_2400_BC-1949/V7kq7Gsc">before 1950</a>, <a href="/facts/Timeline_of_computing_1950%25E2%2580%25931979/UN731UEK">1950–1979</a>, <a href="/facts/Timeline_of_computing_1980%25E2%2580%25931989/o9301uqw">1980–1989</a>, <a href="/facts/Timeline_of_computing_1990%25E2%2580%25931999/7ovYPext">1990–1999</a>, <a href="/facts/Timeline_of_computing_2000%25E2%2580%25932009/f4UDWlhn">2000–2009</a>, <a href="/facts/Timeline_of_computing_2010%25E2%2580%25932019/2MUCIRvq">2010–2019</a>, <a href="/facts/Timeline_of_computing_2020%25E2%2580%2593present/mwV6yhbT">2020–present</a> </p>