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Computer History
Timeline
| Inventor | Invention/Date |
|---|---|
| Blaise Pascal | Pascaline 1642 |
| Gottfried Wilhem von Leibniz | Stepped Reckoner 1670 |
| Charles Babbage | Analytical Engine-calculating machine 1842 |
| Herman Hollerith | Tabulating machine 1890 |
| John Atanasoff,Clifford Berry | Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) 1939 |
| Howard H. Aiken | Mark 1 1944 |
| John Mauchly, J. Presper Eckert | Electronic Numerical Integration and Calculator (ENIAC) 1946 |
| Alan Turing | The "Enigma" late 30's and 40's |
| John von Neuman | Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Comouter (EDVAC) 1947 |
| William Shockley, John Bardeen, Walter Brittain | Transistor 1947 |
| Grace Murray Hopper | Common Business Oriented Language (COBOL) |
| Jack Kilby | 1st hand held calculator 1958 |
| William Gates 3 | Microsoft Corporation 1975 |
| Paul Allen | Co-founder of Microsoft Corporation |
| Thomas Knoll, John Knoll | Adobe Photoshop 1988 |