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It was invented by Joseph Marie Jacquard. It was a machine that simplified the way complex textiles were woven. Earliest use of computation as a means to a solution.
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Invented by Herman Hollerith. It was a machine that punched holes onto paper cards and was used to represent computer data and instructions. Another form of practical use of computing.
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Invented by John Vincent Atanasoff. It was specially built to solve multiple systems of linear equations at the same time. It was able to solve up to twenty-nine equations. This further demonstrates the potential of computation and its uses.
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Invented by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce. This integrated circuit would be considered the "building blocks" to computers and their software.
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It was invented by Philip Donald Estridge. While technically not the first PC, it did set the standards for many computing systems that still bleed into today's modern era.