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Punch-cards
Who: Basile Bouchon and Jean-Baptiste Falcon
What: A technique used to control textile looms.
Where: France
Why: It was a more capable way to control textile looms. -
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Development of Telegraphs
Who: Many people, pioneered by Samuel F. B. Morse
What: A way to communicate over long distances.
Where: US
Why: It was the invention that was the precursor to e-mail and many other communication devices. it was highly impportant during wars of the time. -
Period: to
Jacquard loom
Who: Joseph Marie Jacquard
What: It was an automated loom developed to read punch-cards.
Where: France
Why: it was the first machine developed to read punch-cards and had the ability to change the pattern of a looms weave by changing cards. -
Period: to
Ada Lovelace
Ada Lovelace, born Augusta Ada Byron, and officially Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, was the first computer programer. She wrote the first algorithm ever. -
ENIAC
Who: John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert
What: The first ever electronic, general-purpose computer.
Where: University of Pensylvania, USA
Why: Because it was the first computer and led the way for more developments in the field. -
Period: to
Bill Gates
The founder of Microsoft, which is one of the most widely used computer programs, before Apple. He was also the creator of the Windows operating system and has many computing achievements to his name. -
!BM 350
Who: IBM
What: The first ever disk-drive storage unit.
Where: US
Why: It was the first of it's kind and is now a widely used computing component. -
Period: to
Arcade games
Who: Stanford University
What: The first coin-operated video game (Galaxy Game).
Where: US
Why: It allowed video games to be more widely available to their intended audience. -
Laptops
Who: Alan kay
What: A portable computer.
Where: US
Why: It allowed people to access computers more easily. It was a portable way to access information. -
Mobile Phone
Who: NTT
What: A portable phone.
Where: Japan
Why: it provided a portable form of communication, allowing people to communicate more freely. -
Tetris
Who: Alexey Pajitnov
What: A video game that revolved around tile-matching.
Where: USSR
Why: It is one of the most popular video games in the world, and is often thought to be American. -
Period: to
USB
Who: There is controversy over the inventor; it is either Amir Ban, Dov Moran, and Oron Ogdan, or Shimon Shmueli
What: A portable storage unit.
Where: North America
Why: They are very useful day-to-day items that most people in more economically developed countries have access to and use.