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inventor | invention |
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Mark 1 1944 | -Over 51 feet long and weighed over 5 tons -ASCC (Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator) -Devised by Howard H. Aiken at IBM -The first large-scale automatic digital computer. Considered by some to be the first universal calculator |
John Atanasoff 1903-1995 Clifford Berry 1918-1963 | -Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC)(1939) used binary number system used in computers today -Contains 100's of vacuum tubes |
Adam Somlai Fischer | -Prezi established in 2009 -Used by professors, students and business men/women. |
William Bradford Shockleys | |
Bill Gates | |
Jack Kilby 1923-2005 | -Developed the first integrated Circuit in 198 -Invented the first hand held calculator -Studied electrical engineering |
Grace Hopper 1906-1992 | -Received 47 honorary awards -Designed COBOL (Common Business Oriented Language) a programming Language 1st programmer for Mark 1 |
Blaise Pascal 1623-1662 | -Invented a mechanical calculating device called Pascaline. 142 -Device performs only -Device never worked properly |
Alan Mathison Turing 1912-1954 | -Developed idea of a universal machine in the late 30's and 40's -Called the Turing machine. The "Enigma" |
Peter Arvai | -Prezi established in 2009 -Used by professors, students and business men/women. |
Gottfried Leibniz 1646-1716 | -Invented the stepped Reckoner in 1670 -Device was supposed to add, multiply, subtract, and divide but malfunctioned. |
Charles Russel Bardeen | |
John Knoll/Thomas Knoll | -Software engineers -Creators of Adobe Photoshop 1988 |
Charles Babbage 1792-1871 | -Analytical Engine-calculating machine that used punched cards to store information in 1842 -Chief Collaborator was Ada Byron 1815-1852 |