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Napier’s Bones and Logarithms
John Napier invented a table to calculate complex math problems. -
The Pascaline
A calculator invented by French mathematician Blaise Pascal. -
Stepped Reckoner
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz created a more developed calculator. -
Jacquards Loom
Created by Joseph-Marie Jacquard, this machine created punched cards that were used to weave patterns. -
Charles Babbage
He is known as the "Father of Compputers" for creating the modern model of the computer using the four basic parts. -
Lady Augusta Ada
She was the first ever computer programer. -
Electronic Tabulating Machine
This machince, created by Herman Hollerith, was used to store information. -
Vacuum Tubes
Lee de Forrest invented vacuum tubes, also called electron tubes, being the sencond generation of computers to increase strength of signals. -
Harvard's Mark I
This machine was an early protocomputer that wa built during World War II. -
The Atanasoff-Berry Computer
The ABC was the first electronic computer created by Vincent Atanasoff. -
Turning Machine
Also known as the Universal Machine, Alan Turning created this machine, the theoretical precursor to the electronic digital computer which Atanasoff was soon to invent. -
The ENIAC
This was the first programmable,electronic,digital computer that was used for general pyrposes. -
Transiter
William Shockly created this which was the first generation on computers to control, generate, and amplify electronic signals. -
Intergrated Circut
Created by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce, this also called chip was invented to decrease circut size.This was the third generation of computers. -
Dr. Grace Hopper
She broke down the programming using the first computer language to English. -
Microprocessor
The microprocessor was created by M.E. "Ted" Hoff which was used to show the functions of the central processing system of a digital computer. -
World Wide Web
The "web" is "the leading information retrieval on the Internet" and was created by Tim Berners-Lee -
The Reasearh
I, Jada Woodard, created this timeline using Britannica, Britannica Image Quest, and a Power Point presentation by Bernard John Poole, MSIS Associate Professor of Education and Instructional Technology.
