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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
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| 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
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| Adam Somlai Fischer | -Prezi established in 2009
-Used by professors, students and business men/women.
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| William Bradford Shockleys |
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| Bill Gates |
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| Jack Kilby 1923-2005 | -Developed the first integrated Circuit in 198
-Invented the first hand held calculator
-Studied electrical engineering
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| Grace Hopper 1906-1992 | -Received 47 honorary awards
-Designed COBOL (Common Business Oriented Language) a programming Language
1st programmer for Mark 1
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| Blaise Pascal 1623-1662 | -Invented a mechanical calculating device called Pascaline. 142
-Device performs only
-Device never worked properly
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| 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"
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| Peter Arvai | -Prezi established in 2009
-Used by professors, students and business men/women.
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| Gottfried Leibniz 1646-1716 | -Invented the stepped Reckoner in 1670
-Device was supposed to add, multiply, subtract, and divide but malfunctioned.
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| John Knoll/Thomas Knoll | -Software engineers
-Creators of Adobe Photoshop 1988
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| Charles Babbage 1792-1871 | -Analytical Engine-calculating machine that used punched cards to store information in 1842
-Chief Collaborator was Ada Byron 1815-1852
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