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The History of Computers

By Suttergr
  • Invention of the computer

    Invention of the computer

    In 1801 Joseph Marie created a loom that punched wooden cads to automatically weave fabric designs.
  • Worlds First Computer Was Built

    Worlds First Computer Was Built

    The English mathematician Charles Babbage conceives of a steam driven calculating machine that would be able compute tables of numbers
  • The Punch Card System Was Invented

    The Punch Card System Was Invented

    Herman Hollerith designs a punch card system to calculate the 1880 census, accomplishing the task in just three years and saving the government $5 million.
  • Alan Turing presents the notion of a universal machine

    Alan Turing presents the notion of a universal machine

    Alan Turing presents the notion of a universal machine, later called the Turning machine, capabel of computing anything that is compatible.
  • Attempts to build the first computer without gears, cams, belts or shafts were made

    Attempts to build the first computer without gears, cams, belts or shafts were made

    J.V. Atanasoff attempts to build the first computer without gears, cams, belts or shafts.
  • Clifford Berry design a computer that can solve 29 equations simultaneously.

    Clifford Berry design a computer that can solve 29 equations simultaneously.

    This marks the first time a computer is able to store information on its main memory.
  • The First Commercial Computer for Business was made

    The First Commercial Computer for Business was made

    Mauchly and Presper leave the University of Pennsylvania and receive funding from the Census Bureau to build the UNIVAC, the first commercial computer for business and government applications.