Computer History Word Scramble
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inventor/invention | date |
Blaise Pascal | Pascaline 1642- Device that performs only addition but never worked properly. |
Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz | Step Reckoner 1670 -was supposed to add, multiply, subtract and divide but malfunction |
Charles Babbage | Analytical Engine-calculating machine 1842 -punched cards to store information |
Herman Hollerith | tabulating machine 1890 -used electricity instead of gears to perform calculations |
John Atanasoff-1903 to 1995 Clifford Berry- 1918 to 1963 | Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) -used binary # system used in computers today *contains 100 vacuum tubes. |
Mark 1- 1944 | Devised by Howard H. Aiken at IBM. ASCC (Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator) Over 51 ft long and weighed over 5 tons. First large scale automatic digital computer, considered the 1st universal calculator. |
John Mauchly- 1907 to 1980 J. Presper Eckert- 1919 to 1995 | ENIAC 1946- (Electronic Numerical Integration and Calculator) solves mathematical problems faster & was originally "top secret" military project. |
Alan Turing- 1912 to 1954 | Turing Machine or The "Enigma"- an idea of a universal machine |
Jon Von Neumann- 1903 to 1957 *could divide 8 digit #s at the age of 6. | EDVAC 1947 - (Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer) with Mauchly & Eckert. **Inspired the construction of EDSAC (Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator) in 1949 |
Transistor | Invented by William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brittain in 1947. *one transmitter replaced many tubes, making computers smaller, cheaper, and more reliable. |
Grace Murray Hooper- 1906 to 1992 *received 47 honorary awards. | COBOL- (Common Business Oriented Language) a programming language. *1st programmer for Mark 1. |
Jack Kilby- 1923 to 2005 *studied electrical engineering. | 1st hand-held calculator. 1st integrated Circuit in 1958 |
William Gates III- October 28th, 1951 | Founder of Microsoft Corporation. Started Microsoft in 1975 with Paul Allen. |
Paul Allen- January 21st, 1953 | Co-Founder of Microsoft Corporation Owner of Portland Trail Blazers |
Thomas Knoll John Knoll | Software Engineers. Creators of Adobe Photoshop 1988 |
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