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| Blaise Pascal 1623-1662 | *Invented a mechanical calculating device called Pascaline. 1642
*Device performs only addition and never worked properly.
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| Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz 1646-1716 | Invented the Stepped Reckoner in 1670, which was supposed to add, subtract, multiply, and divide but it didn't work.
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| Charles Babbage 1792-1871 | *Analytical Engine-calculating machine that used to punch cards to store information.
*Ada Byron was the chief collaborator.
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| Herman Hollerith 1860-1929 | *Invented the tabulating machine in 1890.
*It used electricity to perform calculations.
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| John Attanasoff 1903-1995 and Clifford Berry 1918-1963 | *Attanasoff-Berry computer (ABC) 1939 used binary number system used in computers today.
*Contains 100's of vacuum tubes.
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| Mark 1 1944 | *Over 51 ft long and weighed over 5 tons.
*Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (ASCC)
*Devised by Howard H. Aiken at IBM.
*This was the first large-scale automatic digital computer. Some considered it to be the first universal calculator.
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| John Mauchly 1907-1980 and J. Presper Eckert 1919-1995 | *Worked on Electronic Numerical Integration and Calculator (ENIAC) in 1946.
*It solves mathematical problems faster.
*Was also the military project that was top secret.
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| Alan Turing 1912-1954 | * He developed the idea of a universal machine in the late 30's and 40's.
*It was called the Turing Machine. The "enigma"
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| Jon von Neumann 1903-1957 | *He could divide 8 digit numbers at the age of 6.
*Built the Electronic Discrete variable Automatic Computer (EDVAC) with Mauchly and Eckert in 1947.
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| William Shockley, John Bardeen, and Walter Brittain. | *Transistor was invented in 1947.
*It replaced many tubes, making computers small, and it was less expensive and was reliable.
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| Grace Murray Hopper 1906-1992 | *She received the 47 honorary awards.
*Designed Common Business Oriented Language (COBOL) a programming language.
*1st programmer for Mark 1.
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| Jack Kilby 1923-2005 | *Developed the first integrated Circuit in 1958.
*Studied electrical engineering.
*Invented the first hand held calculator.
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| William Gates III (Bill Gates) 10-28-1951 | *He was the founder of Microsoft Corporation.
*He also started the company in 1975 with Paul Allen.
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| Paul Allen 01-21-1953 | *He was the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation.
*He is also a owner of the NBA team Portland Trail Blazers.
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| Thomas Knoll and John Knoll | *They were Software Engineers.
*Creators of Adobe Photoshop.
*First invention was called the Image Pro.
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| Peter Avai, Peter Halacky, and Adam Icher. | *Inventor of the Prezi.com. 2008
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| Alan Shogart | *Invented the floppy disk in 1967
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| Steve Russel | *Invented the first game "Space War" in 1962.
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