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Computer History
Timeline
| Inventor | Date |
|---|---|
| Blaise Pascal | Pascaline 1642 |
| Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz | Stepped Reckoner 1670 |
| Charles Babbage | Analytical Engine-calculating machine that use punched cards to store information in 1842 |
| Herman Hollerith | Invented the tabulating machine in 1890 |
| John Atanasoff Clifford Berry | Atanasoff-Berry computer 1939 |
| Mark 1 | Automatic Sequence Controlled calculator 1944 |
| John Mauchly J. Presper Eckert | Worked on Electronic Numerical Integration and Calculator in 1946 |
| Alan Turing | Enigma, idea of universal machine |
| Jon von Neumann | Build the Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer with Mauchly and Eckert in1947 Inspired the construction of Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator in 1949 |
| Transistor | Invented in 1947 by William Shockley, john Bardeen and Walter Brittain. replaced many tube, make computer smaller |
| Grace Murray Hopper | Common Business Oriented Language 1st programmer of the mark 1 |
| Jack Kilby 1923-2005 | Developed the first integrated Circuit in 1958 Invented the first hand hold calculator |
| William Gates III | Founder of the Microsoft Corporation Start Microsoft company in 1975 with Paul Allen |
| Paul Allen | Co-founder of the Microsoft corporation owner of the Portland Trail Blazers |
| Thomas Knoll John Knoll | Adobe Photoshop 1988 |