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  • Abacus
    Jan 1, 1200

    Abacus

    World's first computer, using sliding beads.
  • First Mechanical Calculator

    First Mechanical Calculator

    Invented by Blaise Pascal. Clerks and acoountants feared their jobs.
  • The Punch Card

    The Punch Card

    Invented by Joseph Jacquerd. Invented for looms to keep patterns.
  • Charles Xavier Thomas

    Charles Xavier Thomas

    First commercially successful calculator. Manufactured in Paris until after WWI
  • Charles Babbage

    Charles Babbage

    Invented the difference engine. It show the results of complex math operations quickly
  • Herman Hollerith

    Herman Hollerith

    Changed the punch card bt dividing it into 80 columns.
  • John Von Neumann

    John Von Neumann

    Created the use of the "bit" as the basic unit of memory.
  • The ABC

    The ABC

    One of the first electronic computers.
  • Silicon Chip

    Silicon Chip

    Invented byJack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
  • The Datapoint

    The Datapoint

    First microcomputer made by CTC.