History of Computers By:Dante H.

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    Pascaline-Nikon D100

  • The Pascaline

    The Pascaline
    This device was invented by Blaise Pascal and it was used for calculating
  • Stepped Reckoner

    Stepped Reckoner
    This device was somewhat like a Pascline
  • Punched Cards

    Punched Cards
    These objects were used to type in a certain way that involved sewing in-between the punched holes
  • Charles Babbage

    Charles Babbage
    He was the person who hit on the concept of the modern computer
  • Lady Augusta Ada Countess of Lovelace

    Lady Augusta Ada Countess of Lovelace
    Lady Augusta was a colleage of Charles Babbage and was known to be the first programmer of computers
  • Herman Hollerith's Electronic Tabulating Machine

    Herman Hollerith's Electronic Tabulating Machine
    This helps people who work for the census do their jobs easier by his machine reading the punched cards
  • Dr. Grace Murray Hopper

    Dr. Grace Murray Hopper
    This woman a naval officer & mathmatician worked on the first commercial electronic computer
  • The Atanasoff-Berry Computer

    The Atanasoff-Berry Computer
    This was a device that was one of the early special computers bulit in the U.S. that was digital
  • ENIAC

    ENIAC
    This was the first programable computer for basic tasks like computing values. Vacuum Tubes were also apart of the ENIAC.
  • Harvard's Mark I

    Harvard's Mark I
    This was invented by Howard Aiken who invented this for calculating
  • Transistor (2nd Generation of Computers)

    Transistor (2nd Generation of Computers)
    This was a device that was used for amplifying electronic signals like hearing aids too
  • Integrated Circut (3rd Generation of Computers)

    Integrated Circut (3rd Generation of Computers)
    This device is a mash up of electric tools put together as a single unit
  • Microprocessor(4th Generation of Computers)

    Microprocessor(4th Generation of Computers)
    This is a small device that has the same math, logic, and circuitry as a digital computer
  • Steve Jobs

    Steve Jobs
    Steve Jobs co-founder and CEO of Apple inc. built and designed versions of the iPod, iPad, and iPhone etc.
  • Microsoft inc.

    Microsoft inc.
    Bill Gates founder and CEO of Microsoft inc. creator of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Powerpoint etc.
  • Nikon

    Nikon
    Nikon cameras one of the largest camera companies in the world that has digital, disposable, polaroid, etc.