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Jan 1, 1100
abacus B.C
Abacus was developed because business persons neededc a way to tally accounts and bills. -
Theharvaed mark l
output was by card punch and electric typewritier -
pascaline
caused the first signs of technophobia emerged with mathematicians fearing the loss of their jobs due to progress -
analytical engine
was a real parallel decimal computer which would operate on words of 50 decimals and was able to store 1000 such numbers -
van neumann
contributred a new understanding of how practical fast computers should be organized and built -
Charles Babage
was the most recent year forefather of the modern day -
mechanica calculato
was the first pascal gear system -
1947
the first generation of modern programmed electronic computers to take advantage of there improvemnts -
william gates and paul allen
were two young hackers that founded microsoft -
differnce engine
was intended to be steam-powered; fully automatic, even to the printing of the resulting tables; and commanded by a fixed instruction program
