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Blaise Pascal
He invented Pascal's Law of Pressure in the 1650's. -
Stepped Recknor
Stepped Recknor invented the Stepped Recknor, but sadly it was unreliable. -
Jacquard's Loom
This is an automatic machine that perfected automatic pattern looms. It is used for an engine and created different pattern looms. -
Lady Augusta Ada King Countess of Lovelace
She was known as the first computer programmer. She also translated and annotated the book Notions sur la machine analytique de Charles Babbage. -
Charles Babbage
He designed the calculating machine. He was called the Father of Computers becaused he createed the first model for the modern computer. -
Herman Hollerith's Electronic Tabulating Machine
This machine would automatically read and organize punched cards. -
Vacuum Tubes (1st generation of computers)
There are three different types of vacuum tubes. The first, made in 1904, was invented by John Fleming and is a diode called a valve. The second was made in 1905 was called an audion. It was invented by Lee De Forest. The third was invented in 1906. It was also invented by Lee De Forest. This one was called a triode. -
Harvard's Mark I
A mechanical calculating machine that was made by Howard Aiken. -
Atanasoff-Berry Computer
In 1939 Clifford E. Berry and John Atanasoff made a prototype and then designed it to be much larger. It was a digital computer. -
Electronic Numercial Interigator And Computer (ENIAC)
In 1943, work began on this digital computer. It was the most powerful calculating device at the time. -
Transistor (2nd generation of computers)
This was a tool for generating electrical signals. Theses were in things such as small radios and hearing aids. -
Dr.Grace Murray Hopper
This lady would translate everyday language to where computers could understand it. -
Integrated Circuits (3rd Generation of Computers)
This was a chip that was a few sq. cm. It was invented by Jack Kibly and Robert Noyce. It can hold tons of transistors on a piece of fabric the size of a pea. -
Tablet
A tablet is a device that is smaller thut smaller than a laptop but larger than a phone. Before the touch screen was invented, they had a stylus and keyboards. -
Micropresser (4th generation of computers)
A micropresser is a small electronic device This was found in things such as industrial robots and self tunimg radios. -
Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. was created by Steve Jobs. Apple makes things such as computers, phones, iPods, and tablets. -
Internet
The Internet can be used for almost anything. When using the Internet you use three letters (most of the time). WWW, World Wide Web.
