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Blaise Pascal   Invented a mechanical calculating device called Pascaline. 1642  
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Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz   Invented the Stepped Reckoner in 1670  
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Charles Babbage   Invented the Analytical Engine-calculating machine in 1842  
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Herman Hollerith   Invented the tabulating machine in 1890  
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John Atanasoff, Clifford Berry   Invented the Astanasoff-Berry computer in 1939  
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Howard H. Aiken   Invented Mark 1 in 1944  
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John Mauchly, J. Presper Eckert   Developed ENIAC in 1946  
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Alan Turing   Developed idea of a universal machine in the late 30's and 40's  
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Jon von Neumann   Invented the EDVAC in 1947  
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William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brittain   Invented Transistor in 1947  
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Grace Murray hopper   Invented COBOL  
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Jack Kilby   Invented the 1st integrated Circuit in 1958  
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William Gates   Invented the Microsoft Company in 1958  
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Paul Allen   Invented Co-founder if Microsoft in 1958  
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Thomas Knoll, John Knoll   Invented Adobe Photoshop in 1988  
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Adam Fisher, Peter Halascy and Peter Arvai   Invented Prezi in 2008  
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