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Timeline

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Inventor
invention-Date
Blaise Pascal   invented a mechanical calculating device called Pascaline- 1642  
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Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz   invented the Stepped Reckoner- 1670  
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Charles Babbage   invented the Analytic Engine. calculating machine - 1842  
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Herman Hollerith   invented the tabulating machine- 1890  
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John Atanasoff   invented the Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC)- 1939  
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Clifford Berry   was in partnership with Atanasoff to create the ABC- 1939  
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Howard H. Aiken   invented the Mark ! automatic sequence controlled calculator (ASCC)- 1944  
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John Mauchly   worked on and invented the Electronic Numerical integration and calculator - 1946  
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J Presper Eckert   was partners with John Mauchly to invent the Electronic numerical integration and calculator  
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Alan Turing   Developed the idea of a universal machine - late 30's and 40's  
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Jon Von Neuman   Built the Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic computer - 1947  
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William Shockley   Main inventor of the Transistor - 1947  
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John Bardeen   Helped Shockley invent the transistor-1947  
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Walter Brittain   assisted in the creating of the transistor- 1947  
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Jack Kilby   - developed the 1st integrated circuit- 1958 -invented the 1st hand held calculator  
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William Gates 3   founder of Microsoft Corporations- 1975  
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Paul Allen   Co-founder of Microsoft corporations- 1975  
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Thomas Knoll   Creator of Photoshop- 1988  
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John Knoll   Creator of Photoshop- 1988  
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Adam Somlai-Fischer   Creator of Prezi- 2009  
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Peter Halacsy   Co-founder of prezi- 2009  
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Peter Arvai   Co-founder of Prezi- 2009  
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Grace Murray Hopper   -Designed the common business oriental language -1st programmed the Mark 1  
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