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Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage came up with the idea of the personal computer in the 1830s -
Alan Turing
In 1936 Alan Turing came up with his Turing machine that was able to compute anything cumputable -
J.V. Atanasoff
Atanasoff tries to build the first computer without gears, cams, belts or shafts. These materials were often used to build stuff in the era. In 1941 Antanasoff creates his computer that can solve 29 equations. This is the first computerr that can store data in its memory -
John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert
They build the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator. (ENIAC) which was programmable, this made it so the computer could calculate and solve numerical problems -
Grace Hopper
Grace Hopper develops the first computer language called FLOW MATIC that would shape the computer language known as COBOL -
Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce
Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce come up with the first computer chip called the silicon chip. -
Douglas Engelbart
Douglas Engelbart comes up with the prototype for the modern computer with a mouse and a GUI. This made the computer be more accessible for the general public. -
Microsoft
Microsoft was founded in New Mexico 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Microsoft started to creating presonal computers and would be the driving factor for modern computers