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A tool used for calculating numbers
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Gear operated wheel mechanical calculator
Gottfried Leibniz -
Mechanical computer whose function was based off polynomials - commonly used in engineering and navigation.
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the first real computer. Fully program controlled Automatic and digital computer.
Charles Babbage -
Machine designed to summarize data stored on punch cards. This aided in quickly completing the 1890 census.
Herman Hollerith