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Inventor
Invention
Blaise Pascal   Pasaline (1642)  
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Gottfried Wihelm von Leibniz   The Stepped Reckoner (1670)  
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Charles Babbage   Analytical Engine-Calculating Machine (1842)  
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Herman Hollerith   The Tabulating Machine (1890)  
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John Atanasoff Clifford Berry   Atanasoff-Berry Computer (1939)  
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Howard H. Aiken   Mark 1 (1944)  
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John Mauchly J. Presper Eckert   Electronic Numerical Integration and Calculator (1946)  
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Alan Turing   Turing Machine, The "Engima" (Late 30's & 40's)  
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Jon von Neumann   Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer with Mauchly and Eckert (1947)  
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William Shockley John Bardeen Walter Brittain   Transistor (1947)  
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Grace Murray Hopper   Common Business Oriented Language & 1st Programmer for Mark 1 (1944)  
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Jack Kilby   The 1st Integrated Circuit (1958) & Invented the 1st hand held Calculator  
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William Gates   Founder of Microsoft Corporation & Started Microsoft Company with Paul Allen (1975)  
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Paul Allen   Co-founder of Microsoft Corporation & Owener of Portland Trail Blazers  
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Thomas Knoll John Knoll   Software engineers & Creators of Adobe Photoshop (1988)  
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Charles M. Herzfeld   Advance Research Projects Agency Networks; the predecessor of the Internet (1969)  
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Adam Somlai - Fischer Peter Halaesy Peter Arval   Prezi (2009)  
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Robert Melancton "Bob" Metcalfe   The Ethernet Computer Networking (1973)  
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