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Capacitor
invented by Ewald Georg von Kleist This component made of two or sets of two conductive plates with a thin insulator between them and wrapped in a ceramic and plastic container. https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/materials-science/capacitor -
Jacquard Loom
Invented by Joseph-Marie Jacquard.
This handloom was used for weaving silk. The Jacquard loom is often considered a predecessor to modern computing.
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Cathode Ray Tube
Invented by Johann Hittorf. It is a vacuum tube where cathode rays produce an image on a fluorescent screen.
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Computer Monitor
Invented by Karl Ferdinand Braun. It is an output device that displays information in pictorial form.
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Vacuum Tube
Invented by Sir John Ambrose Fleming. They contain electrodes for controlling electron flow. The invention of the vacuum tube was the most groundbreaking contribution to modern computer history.
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Williams Tube
Invented by Williams-Kilburn Tubes. It was the first random-access digital storage device, and many early computers used it.
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Transistor
Invented by William Shockley, John Bardeen, and Walter Brattain. It is a basic component that alters the flow of electrical current.
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Resistors
Invented by Otis Frank Boykin. Controls how much electric charge flows through the circuit
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Semiconductor memory
Invented by Robert Norman. A device that stores data.
https://www.electronics-notes.com/articles/electronic_components/semiconductor-ic-memory/memory-types-technologies.php -
Microprocessors
Invented by a group of 4 people. They have electronic circuitry that stores instructions for the basic operation of the computer and processes data from applications and programs.
https://science.jrank.org/programming/Microprocessors.html
