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the Blaise pascal was invented by the mathematician and only performed addition
https://www.britannica.com/technology/Pascaline -
first add, subtract, multiply, divide, and square roots
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepped_reckoner -
1 and 0
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first programmer and stated no computer no matter how powerful could ever think which is still true today
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace -
followed programs on punched cards and designed to make decisions based on programs
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created IBM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Hollerith -
is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Census -
ibm- used punch cards- but could not make decisions so still calculator (sophisticated) but 51 feet in length and weight 5 tons
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uesd "debug" to remove a moth
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2515435/app-development/moth-in-the-machine--debugging-the-origins-of--bug-.html -
made for WWII trajectory of shells but finished after war was over
http://www.ushistory.org/oddities/eniac.htm -
) invented to make computers smaller and less expensive
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor -
large and expensive
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used stored program concept correctly and first computer language with first keyboard
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first medium sized computer
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most popular and growing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Census -
idea of stored program in cpu to control all functions
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created a basic language interpreter
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fist microcomputer
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built by Stephen Wozniac and Steven Jobs
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founded microsoft
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had spreadsheet, accounting and word processing software
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computers connected to share software and devices
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used binary number system of 1s and 0s still used today (wasn’t recognized until the 1990s)
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viruses, worms/illegal copies of software/detect and remove malicious code
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wireless technology used to allow mobile computer devices to communicate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth
