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Blaise Pascal (mathematician)
powerpoint invented the Pascaline only performed addition (never worked) -
Stepped Reckener
pInvented the Leibniz first add, subtract, multiply, divide & square roots (malfunctioned parts – ahead of it’s time) -
Ada Byron
pFirst programmer & stated no computer no matter how powerful could ever think. -
Analytical Engine
p Followed programs on punched cards (still do today) & designed to make decisions based on programs (larger of 2 numbers) – never built but model for today -
ENIAC
pmade for WWII trajectory of shells but finished after war was over. -
Mark 1
pUsed punch cards. But could not make decisions so still calculator (sophisticated) but 51 feet in length and weight 5 tons -
John Von Neumann
pIdea of stored program in CPU to control all functions. -
EDVAC & EDSAC
solved problems with instructions on paper tape. -
Transistor
pInvented to make computers smaller and less expensive. -
IBM Model 650
pFirst medium-sized computer. -
IBM System 360
pone of first computers with circuits. -
Bill Gates
pCreated a BASIC language interpreter (1975)
Founded Microsoft (1977)
Developed MS-DOS for PCs and Windows -
Altair
first Microcomputer -
Stephen Wozniak & Steven Jobs
pbuilt Apple computer in their garage -
IBM-PC
phad spreadsheet, accounting & word processing software was an instant success -
Osborne 1
first laptop The first laptop computer available to the public was the Osborne 1. -
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Apple TV
appleis a digital media player and a microconsole developed and sold by Apple Inc -
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