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Computer History

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InventorInvention-Date
Blaise Pascal(Pascal) Mechanical calculating device called Pascaline in 1642
Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz(Stepped R) Stepped Reckoner in 1670.
Charles Babbage(AECalculator) Analytical Engine-calculating machine that used punched cards to store information in 1842.
Herman Hollerith(Tabulating m) Tabulating machine in 1890.
John Atanasoff & Clifford Berry(ABC) Antanasoff-Berry Computer (1939)
Mark 1(Electromagnetic C) Largest electromagnetic calculator.
John Mauchly & J. Presper Eckert(ENI&CAL) Electronic Numerical Integration and Calculator in 1946.
Alan Turing(Enigma) Turing Machine "Enigma" Late 30's and 40's.
Jon von Neumann(EDVAC) Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer with Mauchly Eckert in 1947.
William Shockley, John Bardeen & Walter Brittain (Transistor) Transistor- invented in 1947.
Grace Murray Hopper (CBOL) Common Business Oriented Language
Jack Kilby (Circuit) 1st integrated Circuit in 1958.
William Gates III (Microsoft) Microsoft Corporation Company in 1975.
Paul Allen Cofounder(MC) Co-founder of Microsoft Corporation (1975)
Thomas Knoll & John Knoll (Adobe) Creators of Adobe Photoshop 1988.
Peter Arvai, Adam Somlai-Fischer & Peter Hala'csy (Prezi) Prezi
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