# History of Computing — Origins to the Microprocessor

> Origins to the Microprocessor (iPhone/iPad app by Michel Garlandat.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/history-of-computing/id6766260978 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Michel Garlandat](https://appshunter.io/developer/1092759498)
- Category: Education, Reference
- Price: $0.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 6 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-05-08
- Data updated: 2026-07-31
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/history-of-computing/id6766260978/reviews.md

## What is History of Computing?

COMPLETE TIMELINE
Explore over 30 founding milestones across 6 major eras: Antiquity and the Middle Ages (abacus, Antikythera mechanism, al-Khwarizmi), mechanical machines (Pascaline, Leibniz, Jacquard, Babbage, Ada Lovelace, Boole, Hollerith), the theoretical foundations of the 1930s (Turing, Shannon, Atanasoff), the vacuum tube era (Colossus, ENIAC, von Neumann, Grace Hopper), the transistor and IBM's rise (Bell Labs, UNIVAC, FORTRAN, integrated circuit, COBOL), and finally minicomputers and software foundations (ARPANET, Unix, C language, Intel 4004).

MACHINE GALLERY
12 landmark machines with Wikipedia photos, date, inventor and detailed profile: Antikythera mechanism, Pascaline, Jacquard loom, Babbage's Analytical Engine, Hollerith tabulator, Colossus, ENIAC, UNIVAC I, Bell Labs transistor, integrated circuit, IBM System/360, Intel 4004.

INTERACTIVE QUIZ
15 randomly shuffled questions to test your knowledge of computing pioneers. Real-time score, answer feedback, unlimited restarts.

BILINGUAL FRENCH / ENGLISH
Switch instantly between both languages with a single tap.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.1 — 2026-05-09

Increased font size when using an iPad
Option to adjust font size in settings

### 1.0 — 2026-05-08

No release notes.

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