Computer History

By jammin11
  • Pascal

    Pascal

    A calculation device that could calculate up to 8 figures
  • French Weaver

    French Weaver

    Joseph Jacquard found he could store his weaving patterns on cards with holes.
  • Charles Babbage

    Charles Babbage

    Designed two devices that could do complicated things. He is considered the first computer programmer.
  • Electrical "Computer"

    Electrical "Computer"

    Used punch cards to keep census data.
  • Mark I

    Mark I

    The first computer like machine. Built by IBM and Harvard, it was 52 feet long, weighed 50 tons, and had 750,000 parts. This also used punch cards for data.
  • John Neumann

    John Neumann

    Designed rules for the computers we know today. He included an arthemetic unit. This made it possible to store programming instructions.
  • UNIVAC

    UNIVAC

    UNIVAC was built and sold to the US Census, (Universal Automatic Computer)
  • Transistors

    Transistors

    This resulted in smaller, faster, and more reliable computers.
  • Early programming languages

    Early programming languages

    FORTRAN and COBOL were the twoearly programming languages used for the more advanced computers at that time.
  • Compact CPU

    Compact CPU

    Apple had created the first computer and soon after that many other companies did the same.
  • Apple Computer

    Apple Computer

    Stephen Wozniak and Steven Jobs built the first Apple computer in thier garage.
  • Affordable computers

    Affordable computers

    Now that computers are being produced people are now able to buy them for an inexpensive price.