Timeline of computing 1950–1979

The Whirlwind design was later developed into SAGE, a comprehensive system of real-time computers used for early warning of air attacks.

I have travelled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year.

[needs context]Robert Noyce, who later set up Intel, also worked separately on the invention.

Competing players fired at each other's space ships using an early version of a joystick.

[needs context]It was later released as C source code to aid portability, and subsequently versions are obtainable for many different computers, including the IBM PC.

C was considered a refreshing change in the computing field because it helped introduce structured programming.

Inspired by C, C++, was introduced in the 1980s, and in turn helped usher in the era of object-oriented programming.