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Computer History
Timeline
| Inventor | Invention |
|---|---|
| Blaise Pascal 1623-1662 | Mechanical calculating device called Pascaline. 1642 |
| Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz 1646-1716 | Stepped Reckoner in 1670. |
| Charles Babbage 1792-1871 | Analytical Engine- Calculating machine. 1842 |
| Herman Hollerith 1860-1929 | Tabulating Machine in 1890 |
| John Atanasoff 1903-1995 | computer ABC |
| J. Presper Eckert 1919-1995 | military project that was top secret. |
| Alan Turing 1912-1954 | developed idea of a universal machine in the late 30's and 40's |
| Jon von Neuman 1903-1957 | built the EDVAC (Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer) |
| William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brittain | transistor |
| Grace Murray Hopper 1906-1992 | designed COBOL (Common Business Oriented Language) |
| Jack Kilby 1923-2005 | 1st hand-held calculator |
| William "Bill" Gates III -October 28, 1951 | Microsoft Corporation |
| Paul Allen -January 21, 1953 | owner of Portland Trail Blazers |
| Thomas & John Knoll | software engineers, creators of Adobe Photoshop |
| Mark 1- Howard H. Aiken 1944 | first large scale automatic digital computer |
| John Mauchly 1907-1980 | ENIAC (Electrical numeral integration and calculator) |
| Ethernet Computer Networking | Electrical engineer |
| Arpanet | |
| PREZI |