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Computer History
Timeline Notes
| Inventor | Invention |
|---|---|
| Blaise Pascal | Pascaline - 1642 |
| Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz | Stepped Reckoner - 1670 |
| Charles Babbage | Analytical Engine-Calculating Machine - 1842 |
| Herman Hollerith | Tabulating Machine - 1890 |
| John Atanasoff & Clifford Berry | Anastoff-Berry Computer (ABC) - 1939 |
| Mark 1 | Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator - 1944 |
| John Mauchly & J. Presper Eckert | Electronic Numerial Integration and Calculator - 1946 |
| Alan Turing | Turing Machine (The Enigma) - Late 30's & 40's |
| John von Neumann | Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer - 1947 |
| William Shockley, John Bardeen & William Brattain | Transistor - 1947 |
| Grace Murray Hopper | Common Business Oriented Language - Early 50's |
| Jack Kilby | 1st integrated Circuit - 1958 |
| William Gates III | Microsoft Company - 1975 |
| Paul Allen | Co-founder of Microsoft Company - 1975 |
| Thomas & James Knoll | Adobe Photoshop - 1988 |
| TBD | ARPANetwork - 1969 |
| Adam Fischer, Peter Halanscy & Peter Arvai | Prezi - 2009 |