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The History of Computers
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John Napier
He created a set of rods called "Napier's Bones," that could be used to solve complex equations. -
Blaise Pascal
He invented a machine that could add numbers up to eight digits. -
Joseph-Marie
He invented a weaving loom that used punch cards to program it. This revolutionized the computer world. -
Charles Babbage
He built the first thing that was related to a modern computer. HIs machine had a input-execution-output process. -
Herman Hollerith
He created the first punch card calculator to add together the U.S. census. -
Charels Babbage's Son
The son completed his fathers previous work by making the cental component for his Analytical Engine. -
Lee De Forest
He invented the electrical tube which made the creating of electrical computers possible. -
WWII
Electronic Computers were made to help break German encryption codes -
Howard H. Aiken
The first program controlled calculator was created by him at Harvard University -
Colossus
These machines were built for speedy code breaking, only ten were made by Britain but then were later destroyed out of fear of the enemy getting ahold of one. -
ENIAC
Could do 100,000 calculations per second -
William B. Shockley, Walter H. Brattain, and John Bardeen
They created the Transistor which was an advancement of the electronic tubes -
EDVAC
First computer to use magnetic tape for storage -
UNIVAC I
First computer used by businesses -
FORTRAN (FORMula TRANslator)
Created by John Backus -
Integrated Circuit
This was the first version of today's modern chip which is the equivalent of millions of transistors -
COBOL
Created by Grace Hopper -
ALGOL
Created by John Backus -
APL
Created by Kenneth E. Iverson -
BASIC
Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code:Most well known computer language. Created by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz . -
PASCAL
Named after Blaise Pascal. Created by Niklaus Wirth -
LOGO
Created by Wally Feurzeig, Cynthia Solomon, and Seymour Papert. -
C
Created by Dennis Ritchie
