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Computing History

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John NapierCame up with Napier Bones
Blaise PascalInvented the automatic calculation machine.
Gottfried LeibnezInvented Calculus
Charles Xavier ThomasArithmomitor
Joseph JacquardJacquard Loom
Charles BabbageFirst modern computing device.
Georg ScheutzSwedish Caculation machine.
Augusta Ada ByronFirst female computer scientist.
Herman HollerithTabulating machine.
Thomas Watson Jrstarted IBM
Alan TuringTuring machine
George StibitzSwiss calculation machine
John AtanasoffElectronic digital computer
Dr. Howard AikenMark 1 commputer for IBM
Dr John Mauchly & Presper EckertDr John Mauchly & Presper Eckert
John Bardeen William Shockley & Walter BrittainTransistors
John Von NeumannStorage for programs.
Dr. Daniel SlotnickFirst super computer called Illiec.
Robert Noyce & Jack KilbyFirst integrated circuits
Alan KayInferface
Grace HopperMother of Cobalt
Ted HoffMicroprocessor
Ed RobertsAltair, first personal computer
Donald KnuthText-type setting system
Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniakfounded Apple
Bill Gates & Paul AllenFounded Microsoft
Steve CaseFounded AOL
Lawrence EllisonOracle


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