The history of computer science

From counting boards and the first algorithms to deep learning: the theory, machines, languages, algorithms, systems, networks, software practice, security and AI that make up computer science, in calendar dates. Moments are tagged and colored by subfield; eras are shown as spans, and links connect ideas to what they led to. Summaries are original; each moment links to its Wikipedia articles as sources. Dates marked approximate say so.

87 moments · 2700-07-01T00:00:00Z BCE – 2022-11-30T00:00:00Z CE · by @athan · @athan

LISP

1958-01-01T00:00:00Z CE

John McCarthy designs LISP, with recursion, garbage collection and code as data.