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Joseph Marie Jacquard
He made a loom that used punched wooden cards to be weaved. -
The Difference Engine
In 1822 Charles Babbage started making the Difference Engine of which was never finished -
Herman Hollerith
Made a punch card that was designed to solve the 1880 census -
Alan Turing
He shows the notion of universal machine later called the Turing machine, capable of computing anything computable. -
J.V. Atanasoff
is a professor of physics and mathematics at Iowa State University, attempts to build the first computer without gears, cams, belts or shafts. -
John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert
they build the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator -
Grace Hopper
she develops the first computer language, which eventually becomes known as COBOL -
Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce
they unveil the integrated circuit, known as the computer chip. Kilby was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2000 for his work.
