Computer History

  • Pascaline

    Pascaline
    The first mechanical adding machine was invented by Blaise Pascal, Pascal was a Frenchman and the son of a tax collector.
  • Liebniz Calculator

    Liebniz Calculator
    Learn moreThe Liebniz calculator was an improvement on Pascal's machine, as it could add, subtract, multiply and divide. The first four function calculator.
    Invented by Godfried Liebniz in Germany.
  • Jacquard Loom

    Jacquard Loom
    Joseph Marie Jacquard invents a loom in France that can weave patterned textiles. This automatic loom was programmed with wooden punch cards that determined the weave pattern.
  • Lady Augusta Ada Byron and Charles Babbage

  • Herman Hollerith

  • ENIAC

  • Transistor

  • UNIVAC

  • Altair 8800

  • Microsoft

  • Apple

  • IBM

  • Internet 1990