evolution of computers

  • Joseph Marie Jacquard

    Joseph Marie Jacquard

    He made a loom that used punched wooden cards to be weaved.
  • The Difference Engine

    The Difference Engine

    In 1822 Charles Babbage started making the Difference Engine of which was never finished
  • Herman Hollerith

    Herman Hollerith

    Made a punch card that was designed to solve the 1880 census
  • Alan Turing

    Alan Turing

    He shows the notion of universal machine later called the Turing machine, capable of computing anything computable.
  • J.V. Atanasoff

    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

    John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert

    they build the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator
  • Grace Hopper

    Grace Hopper

    she develops the first computer language, which eventually becomes known as COBOL
  • Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce

    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.