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  • Jan 1, 1200

    Abacus

    Abacus
    World's first computer, using sliding beads.

  • First Mechanical Calculator

    First Mechanical Calculator
    Invented by Blaise Pascal. Clerks and acoountants feared their jobs.

  • The Punch Card

    The Punch Card
    Invented by Joseph Jacquerd. Invented for looms to keep patterns.

  • Charles Xavier Thomas

    Charles Xavier Thomas
    First commercially successful calculator. Manufactured in Paris until after WWI

  • Charles Babbage

    Charles Babbage
    Invented the difference engine. It show the results of complex math operations quickly

  • Herman Hollerith

    Herman Hollerith
    Changed the punch card bt dividing it into 80 columns.

  • John Von Neumann

    John Von Neumann
    Created the use of the "bit" as the basic unit of memory.

  • The ABC

    The ABC
    One of the first electronic computers.

  • Silicon Chip

    Silicon Chip
    Invented byJack Kilby and Robert Noyce.

  • The Datapoint

    The Datapoint
    First microcomputer made by CTC.